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Azerbaijani
Noun
پری
Arabic spelling of pəri
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پری ( pari ) .
Noun
پری • (peri )
fairy
( figurative ) beautiful person
Descendants
Further reading
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ( plyk' /parīg/ , “ witch ” ) , ultimately from Old Persian *parikā . Compare Manichaean Middle Persian pryg ( pryg ) , Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 ( pai rikā , “ sorceress, witch ” ) , Sogdian ( pṛʿyk- , “ female demoness ” ) and Old Armenian պարիկ ( parik ) , an Iranian borrowing. Connections that have been proposed include Middle Irish airech ( “ concubine, wanton woman ” ) , and from Indo-European root *pelē- ‘to fill,’ Latin plēnus ‘full.’ Middle Persian parīg , Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 ( palīkā ) , Latin parcae ( “ fates ” ) , Ancient Greek Παλλάς ( Pallás , “ youth, maiden ” ) , Sanskrit पारक्य ( pārakya , “ strange, alien ” ) . Pokorny derives this from Proto-Indo-European *parīkā ( “ concubine ” ) .
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
parī
Dari reading?
parī
Iranian reading?
pari
Tajik reading?
pari
Noun
پری • (pari ) (plural پریان ( pariyān ) or پریها ( pari-hâ ) )
Dari
پری
Iranian Persian
Tajik
парӣ
( Iranian mythology ) sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian mythology opposed to دیوسان (daemon ) and دیو (daeva ); peri .
( Roman mythology ) fury
( mythology ) fairy
( mythology ) witch ( parika in Avestan mythology)
( figuratively ) a beautiful woman
Synonym: هولو ( hulu )
Derived terms
Descendants
Azerbaijani: pəri
→ Bengali: পরী ( pori )
Chagatai: پری
→ Gujarati: પરી ( parī )
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: परी ( parī )
Urdu: پری ( parī )
Kazakh: пері ( perı )
Northern Kurdish: perî
Southern Kurdish: پەری ( perî )
Kyrgyz: пери ( peri )
Malay: peri
Indonesian: peri ( “ fairy ” )
Ottoman Turkish: پری ( peri )
Pashto: پري ( pari )
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਪਰੀ ( parī )
Shahmukhi script: پری ( parī )
Sindhi: پري ( parī )
Tajik: парӣ ( pari )
Tatar: пәри ( päri )
Turkmen: peri
Proper noun
پری • (pari )
Diminutive form of several female Persian given names starting with this word.
a female given name , Pari or Paree , from Middle Persian
References
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971 ) “parīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary , London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979 ) “պարիկ ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 61b
Bartholomae, Christian (1904 ) Altiranisches Wörterbuch (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 863–864
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931– ) “پری ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute , editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Etymology 2
From پر ( por , “ full ” ) + ی ( -i , “ -ness ” ) .
Noun
پری • (pori )
fullness
Synonym: پر بودن ( por budan )
Etymology 3
From پریر ( parir, parêr , “ day before yesterday ” ) , from Middle Persian 𐬞𐬭𐬌𐬭 ( prir /parīr/ ) , ( plʾyyl ) , ( plʾyyʾl /parīr, parēr/ , “ the day before yesterday ” ) , from Proto-Iranian *parāyarah ,[ 1] [ 2] from *para- + *ayarah ( “ day ” ) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭𐬇 ( ayarə̄ , “ day ” ) ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyer- ( “ day, morning ” ) . Cognate with Mazanderani پره ( pare ) ,[ 3] Bakhtiari ( parey ) , Bashkardi پریر ( parir ) , Kermanic ( pare ) , Baluchi ( parērī ) , ( pairērī ) , Northern Kurdish pêr , Central Kurdish پەرێ ( perê ) . Also compare Shirazi ( parigru(z) ) , Southern Luri ( parig ) .
Adverb
پری • (pari, parê )
( archaic ) the day before yesterday
Noun
پری • (pari, parê )
( archaic ) the day before yesterday
Derived terms
References
^ Nyberg H. S. (posthumous), Utas, Bo , editors (1988 ), Frahang-i pahlavīk , Toll, Christopher , collaborator, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN , page 106
^ Horn, Paul (1893 ) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 69
^ Talebi, Ali (2012 ) مشتی از مرواریدهای فراموششدهی مازندران (فرهنگ واژگانی) , Amol, page 72
Sindhi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit .
Pronunciation
Adverb
پَري • (pare ) (Devanagari परे )
far
References
Khānu, Balocu (1960 –1988 ) “پَري ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پری ( parī ) , from Middle Persian plyk' ( parīg ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
پَری • (parī ) f (Hindi spelling परी )
fairy
peri
( figuratively ) a beautiful woman
Declension
Declension of پری
singular
plural
direct
پری ( parī )
پرِیاں ( pariyā̃ )
oblique
پری ( parī )
پرِیوں ( pariyō̃ )
vocative
پری ( parī )
پرِیو ( pariyō )
References