pari-

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English

Etymology

From Latin par, paris (equal).

Prefix

pari-

  1. Equal
  2. (anatomy, botany) Even

Synonyms

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pari-”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit परि (pari, around, round; about), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ri

Adjective

pari-

  1. whole, complete, full.

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit परि (pari).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pari/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ri

Prefix

pari-

  1. about

Derived terms

Category Old Javanese terms prefixed with pari- not found

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦥꦿꦶ- (pri-)
  • Indonesian: pari- (learned)