آفرین

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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آفِرِين (ʔāfirīn)

  1. bravo!, well done!

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian آفرین (afarin)

Interjection

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آفرین (aferin)

  1. well done! bravo!

Usage notes

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  • The recipient of the praise is in the dative.

Noun

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آفرین (aferin)

  1. A kind of Shiraz and Baghdad lambskin.[1]

Descendants

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  • Turkish: aferin

References

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, praise, blessing), from Proto-Iranian *ā- + *fraiH- (to rejoice, atone, please). The former prefix is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (to, at), and the latter component is from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (to please; to love).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? āfarīn
Dari reading? āfarīn
Iranian reading? âfarin
Tajik reading? ofarin

Noun

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آفرین (âfarin)

  1. acclamation
    Antonym: نفرین (nefrin)

Verb

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آفرین (âfarin)

  1. present stem form of آفریدن (âfaridan)

Interjection

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Dari آفرین
Iranian Persian
Tajik офарин

آفرین (âfarin, âferin, âfrin)

  1. well done, bravo
    Synonyms: ایول (eyval), احسنت (ahsant)

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-8

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian آفرین (āfarīn), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, praise, blessing).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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آفرین (āfrīn) (Hindi spelling आफ़रीन)

  1. bravo!, excellent!, good job!, well done!