Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari). Doublet of պարիկ (parik).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փերի (pʻeri) (traditional orthography spelling փէրի)

  1. peri
  2. fairy
  3. (figuratively) beautiful woman

Declension edit

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փէրի”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “փէրի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House