نفرین

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (npryn /nifrīn/), ultimately from a negated form of Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to love, to please”) and related to ‎ (âfarin, “acclamation, bravo”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /nifɾiːn/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /nɪfɾiːn/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /nefɾiːn/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /nifɾin/

Noun

نفرین • (nefrin)

curse
Synonym: لعنت‎ (la'nat)
- 1010, Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, “Fereydun”, in Dick Davis, transl., Shâhnâme [Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings], Penguin Books, published 1997:
  ‏نهاد آن سرش پست بر خاک بر
  همی خواند نفرین به ضحاک بر
  همی آفرین خواند بر کردگار
  بر آن شادمان گردش روزگار‎‎
  nahâd ân sar-aš past bar xâk bar
  hami xând nefrin be zahhâk bar
  hami âfarin xând bar kardegâr
  bar ân šâdmân gardeš-e ruzgâr
  She bowed her head down to the ground, cursing Zahhak and praising God who had brought about such a happy turn of events.

Derived terms

نفرین کردن‎ (nefrin kardan, “to curse”)
نفرین کرده‎ (nefrin karde, “cursed”)

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