حریص

See also: حريص

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈɾiːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾíːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾíːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾíːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾís]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ɹíːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾís]

Readings
Classical reading?	harīs
Dari reading?	harīs
Iranian reading?	haris
Tajik reading?	haris

Adjective

حریص • (haris)

1. greedy; covetous

   Synonyms: پرطمع (por-tam'), آزمند (âzmand)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 21:

     کوزه‌‌ی چشم حریصان پر نشد
     تا صدف قانع نشد پر در نشد

     kūza-yi čašm-i harisān por na-šud
     tā sadaf qāni' na-šud por dorr na-šud

     The pitcher, the eye of the covetous, never becomes full: the oyster-shell is not filled with pearls until it is contented.

Derived terms

• حریصانه (harisâne)
• حریصی (harisi)