परी

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian (parī), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg). Compare Bengali পরী (pori).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɾiː/, [pɐ.ɾiː]

Noun edit

परी • (parī) f (Urdu spelling پری)

Declension edit

Declension of परी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	परी parī	परियाँ pariyā̃
oblique	परी parī	परियों pariyõ
vocative	परी parī	परियो pariyo

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “परी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

পৰী (Assamese script)
ᬧᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
পরী (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ပရီ (Burmese script)
પરી (Gujarati script)
ਪਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಪರೀ (Kannada script)
បរី (Khmer script)
ປຣີ (Lao script)
പരീ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
ପରୀ (Odia script)
ꢦꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
පරී (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
பரீ (Tamil script)
పరీ (Telugu script)
ปรี (Thai script)
པ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾiː/

Etymology 1 edit

See परि (pari).

Affix edit

परी • (parī)

compounding form of परि (pari, “around”)

Etymology 2 edit

परि- (pari-, “peri-”) +‎ इ (i, “to go”).

Root edit

परी • (parī)

to go about, move in a circle
to go or flow round, circumambulate, surround, include, grasp, span
to run against or into, reach, attain
(with मनसा (manasā)) to perceive, ponder

Derived terms edit

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “परी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 605/1-2.

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