परी
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian پری (parī), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg). Compare Bengali পরী (pori).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
परी • (parī) f (Urdu spelling پری)
Declension edit
Declension of परी (fem ī-stem)
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
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.