peri

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• pari (directly from Persian)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪə.ɹi/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɪəɹi

peri (plural peris)

1. (Iranian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being.
   • January-June 1829, “The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies‎, volume 27, page 549:

     He sent a Peri to Chundum Dew with a message: "If you wish to live, release the mortal in your power: if not, every demon in your service will immediately be put to the sword."

   • March 16 1916, Alfred Richard Orage, Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, page 473:

     In an hour they hovered above Hampstead Heath, and the peri looked down for a lonely spot where she might alight in the sulphurous gloom of a dog-day sunset too blinding for anyone to look at […]

   • 2008, A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales, page 75:

     The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.

• (sprite): fairy, pixie, sprite

• peri-peri

• pier, prie, ripe

peri

1. to thieve

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

peri

1. dative indefinite of pe

peri

1. inflection of periä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• repi, ripe

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pê‧ri

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

• The word sense is related to Sanskrit परिभाषा (paribhāṣā, “definition”)

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. about, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.

   Synonyms: hal, sifat, keadaan

2. conduct.

   Synonym: laku

3. event.

   Synonyms: kejadian, peristiwa

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. (archaic) word.

   Synonym: kata

From Persian پری (pari, “fairy”), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”).

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. fairy.

From Sanskrit परि (pari, “abundantly, fully”).

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. heavy rain.

• “peri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

peri

1. plural of pero

• iper-, ripe

perī

1. second-person singular active imperative of pereō

Singular form pers, cognate with Lithuanian pẽras (“larva”), derived from perēt (“to nest, hatch”).^[1]

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peri m (1st declension)

1. (chiefly in the plural) bee larvae

   peru puve ― larvae rot (bee larvae disease)

   peru pieniņš ― larvae milk (a secretion of working bees used to feed the larvae)

There is a singular form pers, only sporadically attested.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ri, -i
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri

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

• The word sense is related to Sanskrit परिभाषा (paribhāṣā, “definition”)

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)

1. About, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.

   Synonyms: hal, sifat, keadaan

2. A conduct.

   Synonym: laku

3. An event.

   Synonyms: kejadian, peristiwa, insiden

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)

1. (archaic) A word.

   Synonym: kata

• Indonesian: peri

From Persian پری (pari, “fairy”), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”).

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)

1. A fairy.

• Indonesian: peri

From English free.

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري)

1. (informal) Not having a price; free.

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

peri m (plural peris)

1. peri

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peri m pl

1. plural of păr

peri (Cyrillic spelling пери)

1. second-person singular imperative of prati

peri

1. pearl

peri m sg

1. debt

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peri

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾi/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri

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peri (definite accusative periyi, plural periler)

1. fairy, pixie

• “peri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “peri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “peri”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Borrowed from Persian پری (pari).

peri

1. fairy

From Proto-Celtic *kʷareti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

peri (first-person singular present paraf)

1. (transitive) to cause, to induce

   Synonyms: achosi, achlysuro, anwytho

• peiriant (“machine, engine”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “peri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies