puri

See also: Puri and purí

English

Alternative forms

• poori, puree

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊɹi/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹi

Etymology 1

From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of fried flatbread.

Noun

puri (countable and uncountable, plural puris)

1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
   • 1831, Arnot (translator), Sandford, “Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East”, in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages‎^[1], volume I, London: J.L. Cox, retrieved 2016-07-03, page 28:

     No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)

Etymology 2

From Balinese ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri), from Old Javanese purī (“palace, royal residence”), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), from ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”).

Noun

puri (plural puris)

1. In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.

Anagrams

• Piru, rupi

Balinese

Romanization

puri

1. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬭᬷ
2. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬭᬶ

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *purjeh, from Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favourable wind”). Cognate to Finnish purje. A Baltic origin is also possible; compare Lithuanian burė.

Noun

puri (genitive purje, partitive purje)

1. sail

Inflection

Declension of puri (type puri)

	singular	plural
nominative	puri	purjed
genitive	purje	purjede
partitive	purje	purjesid
illative	purjesse / purje	purjedesse
inessive	purjes	purjedes
elative	purjest	purjedest
allative	purjele	purjedele
adessive	purjel	purjedel
ablative	purjelt	purjedelt
translative	purjeks	purjedeks
terminative	purjeni	purjedeni
essive	purjena	purjedena
abessive	purjeta	purjedeta
comitative	purjega	purjedega

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uri

Verb

puri

1. third-person singular past indicative of purra

Anagrams

• piru, rupi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay puri, from Sanskrit पुर (pura). Doublet of pura.

• Semantic loan from Javanese puri (ꦥꦸꦫꦶ, “palace”) and Balinese puri (ᬧᬸᬭᬷ, “palace, temple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.ri/
• Hyphenation: pu‧ri

Noun

puri (first-person possessive puriku, second-person possessive purimu, third-person possessive purinya)

1. castle (fortified building)

   Synonym: kastel

2. palace, royal residence

   Synonyms: istana, mahligai, keraton

3. residential section of a palace
4. (dialect) temple (Bali)

   Synonym: pura

Compounds

• wisata puri

 

Further reading

• “puri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ri/
• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: pù‧ri

Adjective

puri

1. masculine plural of puro

Anagrams

• rupi

Javanese

Romanization

puri

1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦫꦶ

Latin

Noun

pūrī

1. dative singular of pūs

Adjective

pūrī

1. inflection of pūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

Noun

puri m

1. (dialectal form) nominative plural form of purs
2. (dialectal form) vocative plural form of purs

Malay

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पुरी (purī). Doublet of pura.

Noun

puri (plural puri-puri, informal 1st possessive puriku, 2nd possessive purimu, 3rd possessive purinya)

1. (obsolete) castle (fortified building)

   Synonyms: benteng, kota

2. palace, royal residence

   Synonym: istana

3. residential section of a palace

Descendants

• Indonesian: puri

Etymology 2

From English puree, from French purée, from Old French puree; feminine past participle of verb purer (“to make pure”), from Late Latin purare (same sense) from Classical Latin purus (“pure”).

Noun

puri (plural puri-puri, informal 1st possessive puriku, 2nd possessive purimu, 3rd possessive purinya)

1. puree: a food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid.

Further reading

• “puri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Noun

purī

1. Informal spelling of purī.

Romani

Noun

puri

1. Alternative form of pori

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, “worship”) via Old Javanese or Malay puji.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾi/, [ˈpu.ɾɪ]

Noun

puri (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒ)

1. praise, honor, compliment

   Synonym: dangal

Derived terms

• ipagkapuri
• kapuri-puri
• kapurihan
• magmapuri
• magpuri
• mapagmapuri
• mapanirang-puri
• mapuri
• papuri
• pumuri
• purihin

 

Further reading

• “puri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018