peri
English
Alternative forms
- pari (directly from Persian)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).
Pronunciation
Noun
peri (plural peris)
- (Iranian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being.
- January-June 1829, “The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies[2], volume 27, page 549:
- He sent a Peri to Chundum Dew with a message: "If you wish to live, release the mortal in your power: if not, every demon in your service will immediately be put to the sword."
- March 16 1916, Alfred Richard Orage, Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, page 473:
- In an hour they hovered above Hampstead Heath, and the peri looked down for a lonely spot where she might alight in the sulphurous gloom of a dog-day sunset too blinding for anyone to look at […]
- 2008, A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales, page 75:
- The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.
Synonyms
Translations
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See also
Anagrams
'Are'are
Verb
peri
- to thieve
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Basque
Noun
peri
- dative indefinite of pe
Finnish
Verb
peri
- inflection of periä:
Anagrams
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit परि (pari, “about”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri-.
Noun
pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)
- about, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- conduct.
- Synonym: laku
- event.
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Persian پری (pari, “fairy”), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”).
Noun
pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)
Etymology 3
From Sanskrit परि (pari, “abundantly, fully”).
Noun
pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)
Further reading
- “peri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Noun
peri
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
perī
Latvian
Etymology
Singular form pers, cognate with Lithuanian pẽras (“larva”), derived from perēt (“to nest, hatch”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
peri m (1st declension)
- (chiefly in the plural) bee larvae
- peru puve ― larvae rot (bee larvae disease)
- peru pieniņš ― larvae milk (a secretion of working bees used to feed the larvae)
Usage notes
There is a singular form pers, only sporadically attested.
Declension
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | peri |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | perus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | peru |
dative (datīvs) | — | periem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | periem |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | peros |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | peri |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “peri”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit परि (pari, “about”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri-.
Noun
peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)
- About, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- A conduct.
- Synonym: laku
- An event.
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Indonesian: peri
Etymology 2
From Persian پری (pari, “fairy”), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”).
Noun
peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)
- A fairy.
Descendants
- Indonesian: peri
Etymology 3
Adjective
peri (Jawi spelling ڤري)
Further reading
- “peri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Noun
peri m (plural peris)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
peri m pl
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
peri (Cyrillic spelling пери)
Sranan Tongo
Noun
peri
Tocharian B
Noun
peri m sg
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).
Pronunciation
Noun
peri (definite accusative periyi, plural periler)
Declension
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | peri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | periyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | peri | periler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | periyi | perileri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | periye | perilere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | peride | perilerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | periden | perilerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | perinin | perilerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “peri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “peri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “peri”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پری (pari).
Noun
peri
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷareti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.
Verb
peri (first-person singular present paraf)
Conjugation
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | paraf | peri | pair, pâr | parwn | perwch, parwch | parant | perir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
parwn | parit | parai | parem | parech | parent | perid | |
preterite | perais | peraist | parodd | parasom | parasoch | parasant | parwyd | |
pluperfect | paraswn | parasit | parasai | parasem | parasech | parasent | parasid, paresid | |
present subjunctive | parwyf | perych | paro | parom | paroch | paront | parer | |
imperative | — | pâr | pared | parwn | perwch, parwch | parent | parer | |
verbal noun | peri | |||||||
verbal adjectives | paredig paradwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | para i, paraf i | pari di | parith o/e/hi, pariff e/hi | parwn ni | parwch chi | paran nhw |
conditional | parwn i, parswn i | paret ti, parset ti | parai fo/fe/hi, parsai fo/fe/hi | paren ni, parsen ni | parech chi, parsech chi | paren nhw, parsen nhw |
preterite | parais i, pares i | paraist ti, parest ti | parodd o/e/hi | paron ni | paroch chi | paron nhw |
imperative | — | para | — | — | parwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
- peiriant (“machine, engine”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
peri | beri | mheri | pheri |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “peri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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