آفریده
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
For the sense of "human" from the past participle "created", compare Arabic مَخْلُوق (“created; creature, especially human being”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.fa.ɾiː.ˈða]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.fæ.ɹiː.d̪é]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.fä.ɾi.d̪ǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | āfarīḏa |
| Dari reading? | āfarīda |
| Iranian reading? | âfaride |
| Tajik reading? | ofarida |
| Dari | آفریده |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | офарида |
Verb[edit]
آفریده • (âfaride)
- past participle of آفریدن (âfaridan, “to create”)
Noun[edit]
آفریده • (âfaride) (plural آفریدگان (âfaridegân))
- creature; (particularly) human creature, human
- c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels][1]:
- ندر نواحی شام پانصد هزار ستون یا سر ستون و ته ستون بیش افتاده است که هیچ آفریده نداند که آن چه بودهاست یا از کجا آوردهاند.
- andar nawāhī-yi šām hazār sutūn bā sar-i sutūn u tah-i sutūn bēš uftāda ast ki hēč āfarīda na-dānist ki ān či būda ast yā az kujā āwarda-and.
- In the lands of Syria, more than a thousand pillars with capitals and plinths lie fallen, such that no human creature knows what they were or where they were brought from.