نفرین

نفرین

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (npryn /nifrīn/), ultimately from a negated form of Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to love, to please”) and related to آفرین‎ (âfarin, “acclamation, bravo”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /nifɾiːn/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /nɪfɾiːn/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /nefɾiːn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /nifɾin/

Noun

نفرین • (nefrin)

1. curse

   Synonym: لعنت‎ (la'nat)

   • 1010, Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, “Fereydun”, in Dick Davis, transl., Shâhnâme [Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings], Penguin Books, published 1997:

     ‏نهاد آن سرش پست بر خاک بر
     همی خواند نفرین به ضحاک بر
     همی آفرین خواند بر کردگار
     بر آن شادمان گردش روزگار‎‎

     nahâd ân sar-aš past bar xâk bar
     hami xând nefrin be zahhâk bar
     hami âfarin xând bar kardegâr
     bar ân šâdmân gardeš-e ruzgâr

     She bowed her head down to the ground, cursing Zahhak and praising God who had brought about such a happy turn of events.

Derived terms

• نفرین کردن‎ (nefrin kardan, “to curse”)
• نفرین کرده‎ (nefrin karde, “cursed”)