حریف

See also: خريف, حریق, حريف, and حريق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرِيف (ḥarīf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈɾiːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.ɾíːf]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ɹíːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.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”)