حریف

See also: خريف, حریق, حريف, and حريق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرِيف (ḥarīf).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hä.ɾíːf]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾíːf]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾíf]

Readings
Classical reading? harīf
Dari reading? harīf
Iranian reading? harif
Tajik reading? harif

Noun
Dari حریف
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳариф

حریف • (harif)

  1. rival, opponent; match
    Synonyms: مخالف (moxâlef), رقیب (raqib), دشمن (došman)
    حریف من نیست. ― harif-e man nist. ― He's not my match; he cannot compare to me.
  2. (archaic) partner, friend, comrade
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 11:
      نی حریف هر که از یاری برید
      پرده‌‌هایش پرده‌‌های ما درید
      nay harīf-i har ki az yārē barīd
      parda-hā-yaš parda-hā-yi mā darīd
      The reed is the comrade of every one who has been parted from a friend: its strains pierced our hearts.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms
  • حریفی (harifi, “rivalry; belligerent”)
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