فری
Persian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian fryh/pryh/pryy (frih, fri, “dear”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (frya, “dear, beloved, affectionate; a friend, a well-wisher”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit प्रिय (priya)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *priH- (“dear”).
Adjective
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- (obsolete) dear, beloved
- (archaic, poetic) pleasing, agreeable
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “fryh”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فری”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul