پفیوز

Persian

Alternative forms

  • پوفیوز (pof(i)yuz)
  • پوفیوس (pof(i)yus)
  • پفیوس (pof(i)yus)

Etymology

Probably from پُف (pof, “huff”) +‎ ِ (e, “of”) +‎ یوز (yuz, “cheetah, hound”), expressing a state of inaction or lassitude in a metaphore to the act of huffing instead of hunting by a hunting animal. The similarity to the French pouffiasse (“slag, whore”) is coincidental.

Adjective

پفیوز • (pof(i)yuz) (comparative پفیوزتَر, superlative پفیوزتَرین)

  1. (obsolete) lazy, weak
  2. (obsolete) cuckold
  3. (vulgar, derogatory) pathetic, worthless, incompetent
    مرتیکه‌ی پُفیوز منو راه نداد تو!
    martike-ye pofiyuz man-o râh nadâd tu!
    That worthless piece of shit didn't let me in!

References

  1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پفیوز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  2. Sadeghi, Ali Ashraf. “Pazhūheshhā-ye Loghavī: Goyārande yā Goyāzande, Pofyūz, Pāpey Shodan, Esqāt, Esqātī, Asqāt, Shoghāl, Shaghād.” Farhangnevīsī, no. 8 (1393).[1] Page 99.
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