परी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɾiː/, [pɐ.ɾiː]

Noun

परी • (parī) f (Urdu spelling پری)

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

Declension

Declension of परी (fem ī-stem)

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

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

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

Etymology 1

See परि (pari).

Affix

परी • (parī)

1. compounding form of परि (pari, “around”)

Etymology 2

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

Root

परी • (parī)

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

Derived terms

• परीत (parīta)
• परीत्य (parītya)
• परीयते (parīyate)
• परीयाय (parīyāya)
• परीहि (parīhi)
• पर्त्याम् (partyām)
• पर्यायं (paryāyaṃ)
• पर्येतवे (paryetave)
• पर्येता (paryetā)
• पर्येति (paryeti)
• पर्यैत् (paryait)

 

References

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