परी

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پری (parī), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg). Compare Bengali পরী (pori).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pə.ɾiː/,

Noun

परी • (parī) f (Urdu spelling پری)

  1. fairy
  2. peri
  3. (figuratively) a beautiful woman

Declension

Declension of परी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct परी
parī 		परियाँ
pariyā̃
oblique परी
parī 		परियों
pariyõ
vocative परी
parī 		परियो
pariyo

References

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See परि (pari).

Affix

परी • (parī)

  1. compounding form of परि (pari, “around”)

Etymology 2

परि- (pari-, “peri-”) +‎ इ (i, “to go”).

Root

परी • (parī)

  1. to go about, move in a circle
  2. to go or flow round, circumambulate, surround, include, grasp, span
  3. to run against or into, reach, attain
  4. (with मनसा (manasā)) to perceive, ponder
Derived terms

References

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