فرزین
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭫𐭲𐭱𐭩𐭭 (frazēn /plcyn'/, “guard, (chess) queen”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /faɾ.ˈziːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.zíːn]
- (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
| Dari | فرزین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | фарзин |
فرزین • (farzin)
- (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.
- az safar baydaq šawad farzīn-i rād
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فرزین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فَرْزِین (farzīn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fəɾ.ziːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Adjective
فَرْزِین • (farzīn) (Hindi spelling फ़र्ज़ीन)
Noun
فَرْزِین • (farzīn) m (Hindi spelling फ़र्ज़ीन)
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, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “فرزين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “فرزین”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 869