فرزین

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plcyn' /⁠frazēn⁠/, “guard, (chess) queen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /far.ˈziːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.zíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zín]

Readings
Classical reading?	farzīn
Dari reading?	farzīn
Iranian reading?	farzin
Tajik reading?	farzin

Noun

فرزین • (farzīn / farzin) (Tajik spelling фарзин)

1. (archaic, chess) queen, fers
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 535:

     از سفر بیدق شود فرزین راد
     وز سفر یابید یوسف صد مراد

     az safar baydaq šawad farzīn-i rād
     waz safar yābīd yūsuf sad murād

     Through travel the pawn becomes a noble queen,
     and through travel Joseph gained a hundred objects of desire.

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
شاه (šâh)	وزیر (vazir), فرزین (farzin)	رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e)	فیل (fil)	اسب (asb)	پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “فرزین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Alternative forms

• فَرْزِیں (farzī̃), فَرْزِی (farzī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَرْزِین (farzīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fəɾ.ziːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

فَرْزِین • (farzīn) (Hindi spelling फ़र्ज़ीन)

1. wise, intelligent, sagacious

   Synonyms: دَانَا (dānā), عَاقِل ('āqil)

Noun

فَرْزِین • (farzīn) m (Hindi spelling फ़र्ज़ीन)

1. (chess) fers or queen

   Synonym: وَزِیر (vazīr)

Derived terms

• فَرْزِین بَنَانَا (farzīn banānā, “promoting (a pawn) to fers”)
• فَرْزِین بَنْد (farzīn band)

References

• “فرزین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “فرزين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “فرزین”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 869