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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- পুৰী (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- পুরী (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ပုရီ (Burmese script)
- પુરી (Gujarati script)
- ਪੁਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦸꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಪುರೀ (Kannada script)
- បុរី (Khmer script)
- ປຸຣີ (Lao script)
- പുരീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- ପୁରୀ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢸꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- පුරී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
- புரீ (Tamil script)
- పురీ (Telugu script)
- ปุรี (Thai script)
- པུ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πόλις f (pólis) and Lithuanian pilis.
Noun
पुरी • (purī) stem, f
- fortress, castle, town (TĀr., MBh. etc.)
- name of a town (the capital of Kaliṅga, noted for the adoration of जगन्नाथ (jagan-nātha) or Kṛṣṇa) (IW., 244 n. 1)
- the sanctuary or adytum of a temple (Inscr.)
Declension
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