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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀺 (vēri), from Sanskrit वैरिन् (vairin). By surface analysis, وَیر (vair, “enmity; hostility”) + ی (y).
Pronunciation
Noun
وَیری • (vairī) m (feminine وَیرَݨ, Gurmukhi spelling ਵੈਰੀ)
- enemy; foe; adversary
- Synonym: دُشْمَݨ (duśmaṇ)
Declension
| Declension of ویری
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| dir. sg.
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وَیری (vairī)
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| dir. pl.
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وَیری (vairī)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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وَیری (vairī)
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وَیری (vairī)
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| oblique
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وَیری (vairī)
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وَیرِیاں (vairīyāṉ)
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| vocative
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وَیرِیا (vairīyā)
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وَیرِیو (vairīv)
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| ablative
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وَیرِیوں (vairīvṉ)
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وَیرِیاں (vairīyāṉ)
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| locative
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وَیری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ویری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਵੈਰੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vairī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press