فریب

See also: قرئت‎, قریب‎, and قريب‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plyp /frēb/, “deceit, deception”), from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“toward”, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-) + *dab (“to deceive”, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to deceive; to harm”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faɾeːb/, /fiɾeːb/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /faɾeːb/, /fɪɾeːb/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /fæɾiːb/, /feɾiːb/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /faɾeb/, /fiɾeb/

Noun

Iranian Persian	فریب
Dari	فریب
Tajik	фиреб (fireb)

فریب or فریب • (farib or ferib)

deception; deceit; perfidy
Synonyms: نیرنگ‎ (neyrang), خدعه‎ (xod'e), مکر‎ (makr)
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
  ‏مژهٔ سیاهت ار کرد به خون ما اشارت
  ز فریب او بیندیش و غلط مکن نگارا‎
  muža-yi sîyâh-at ar kard ba xûn-i mâ išârat
  zi firêb-i ô biyandêš u ğalat ma-kun nigâr-â
  If [the arrow of] your black eyebrow should aim for my blood,
  Consider its perfidy [i.e. the speaker hopes the eyebrow is “deceitful” and does not reflect the beloved’s real attitude towards him], and make no error, my love.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

فریب خوردن‎ (farib xordan)
فریب دادن‎ (farib dâdan)

Descendants

→ Hindustani: fareb
Hindi: फ़रेब

Urdu: فریب‎

Verb

فریب or فریب • (farib or ferib)

present stem form of ‎ (farixtan, ferixtan, “to deceive”)

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