pari

English

Etymology

From Persian پری (pari).

Noun

pari (plural paris)

1. Alternative form of peri
   • 2021, Farshad Torkashvand, Into the Embrace of Fire‎:

     The Pari, in Persian mythology, is a description of fairy beings but malevolent.

See also

Asturian

Verb

pari

1. second-person singular imperative of parir

Catalan

Verb

pari

1. inflection of parar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish padre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾiʔ/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri

Noun

parì

1. priest

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin pār with unclear origin, whence also English pair, Spanish par.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/,
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ri

Noun

pari

1. pair, couple (two similar or identical things)

   parityöskentely ― pair work

   sukkapari ― a pair of socks

2. couple, pair (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)

   aviopari ― married couple

3. partner (someone with whom one does something, e.g. with whom one dances in a two-person dance)

   Synonym: kumppani

   paritanssi ― partner dance

4. (in compounds) double, twin

   parisänky ― double bed

   paripyörä ― twin wheel

5. Ellipsis of sähköpari (“electrochemical cell, battery cell”).
6. (card games, poker) pair (two cards of the same rank)

   ässäpari ― pair of aces

7. (finance, in compounds) par (short for parity)

   pariarvo ― par value

Declension

Coordinate terms

• (poker hand): hai, kaksi paria, neljän suora, neljän väri, kolmoset, suora, väri, täyskäsi, neloset, viitoset, värisuora, kuningasvärisuora

Descendants

• → Ingrian: pari

Adverb

pari

1. a couple of (about two, certainly more than one but not much more than three)

   Olen käynyt Pietarissa pari kertaa.

   I have been in St. Petersburg a couple of times.

2. (ironically) quite a few, a lot, lots

   Sinulla näyttää olevan pari levyä!

   Wow, you have lots of records!

Synonyms

• muutama (often understood to be a little more than pari)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• arpi, ripa

French

Etymology

From parier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: Paris, paris, parie, paries

Noun

pari m (plural paris)

1. wager, bet
2. gamble, risk

Derived terms

• pari mutuel
• prendre les pari

Descendants

• Romanian: pariu
• Russian: пари́ (parí)

Further reading

• “pari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• pair, pria, ripa

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pari m (plural paris)

1. father

See also

• mari

Galician

Verb

pari

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of parir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Ido

Noun

pari

1. plural of paro

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pari, from Proto-Malayic *pari(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Noun

pari (first-person possessive pariku, second-person possessive parimu, third-person possessive parinya)

1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pari.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/,
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri

Noun

pari

1. pair
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:

     Peenen pään pääl hänel [ƶirafaal] ono pari lyhyttä sarvia.

     On its small head it has a pair of short horns.

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 385

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: pà‧ri

Etymology 1

From Latin pār.

Adjective

pari (invariable)

1. equal

   Antonyms: impari, diverso

2. even (of a number)

   Antonym: dispari

3. rival

Derived terms

• pareggiare

Related terms

• dispari
• impari

Etymology 2

Verb

pari

1. second-person singular present indicative of parere

Anagrams

• IRAP, apri, aprì, arpi, pira, pria, rapi, rapì, ripa

Itene

Noun

pari

1. bow (weapon for firing arrows)

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162 (notes that this form is used in the Itoreauhip dialect as well as Itene proper)

Javanese

Romanization

pari

1. Romanization of ꦥꦫꦶ

Kanakanabu

Noun

pari

1. (anatomy) gall bladder

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish padre.

Noun

pari

1. priest

Latin

Adjective

parī

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of pār

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pari(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pari/
• Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i

Noun

pari (Jawi spelling ڤاري, plural pari-pari, informal 1st possessive pariku, 2nd possessive parimu, 3rd possessive parinya)

1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pari

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤاري pari”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 49
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤاري pari”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 446
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pari”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507

Further reading

• “pari” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pali (“cliff”) (compare with Hawaiian pali, Tahitian pari).

Noun

pari

1. cliff

Derived terms

• matapari (“bluff”)
• tai matapari (“fiord”)

Related terms

• paripari (“steep”)

References

Further reading

• “pari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Matlatzinca

Noun

pari

1. horse

References

• Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández, Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (1999)

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

pari

1. money

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay, compare Malay padi and Tetum hare.

Noun

pari

1. rice (plant)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦫꦶ (pari)

Portuguese

Verb

pari

1. inflection of parir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Quechua

Adjective

pari

1. lukewarm, tepid, well-cooked

See also

• pariy

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pari m

1. plural of par

Verb

pari

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive/imperative of părea

Sinacantán

Noun

pari

1. sun

References

• Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pari, from Latin pār (“equal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.rɪ/

Noun

pari n

1. (finance) par (value equalling the face value)

   till pari ― on par

   under pari ― below par

   över pari ― above par

Declension

References

• pari in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pari in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pari in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pare — obsolete

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾiʔ/,

Etymology 1

From obsolescent variant pare, from Spanish padre, from Latin pater. Doublet of padre.

Noun

parì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒ)

1. (religion) priest; father

   Synonyms: saserdote, dibino, presbitero, (colloquial) among

Coordinate terms

• madre (female counterpart)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Compare Kapampangan pari, Malay baji, Old Javanese paji, and Tamil வசி (vaci).

Noun

parì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒ)

1. (obsolete) act of splitting wood with wedges

   Synonym: biyak

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 170: “Combidados) Pare (pp) C. tener Religioſos o Clerigos”
  • page 324: “Frayle) Pare (pp) C. de qual quier habito que ſea”
  • page 349: “Hender) Pare cõ cuñas de palo”
  • page 424: “Miniſtro) Pare (pp) C. del Sancto Euangelio Religioſo o Clerigo”
  • page 458: “Padre) Pare (pp) C. relijioſo o miniſtro q̃ aſiſte en los pueblo”
  • page 523: “Relijioſo) Pare (pp) đ qualquier ordẽ”

Venetian

Noun

pari m pl

1. plural of par

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pari.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/,
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri

Noun

pari

1. pair
2. partner, companion

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pari”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• paí (Oǹdó)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pā.ɾí/

Verb

parí

1. to finish, to end

Derived terms

• ìparí (“end”)

Etymology 2

From pá (“to be bald”) +‎ orí (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá.ɾí/

Verb

párí

1. to be bald

   Ó párí bí ọkọ alámàlà. ― He's bald like an àmàlà seller's husband.

Derived terms

• apárí (“bald person”)