փերի

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari). Doublet of պարիկ (parik).

Pronunciation

Noun

փերի • (pʻeri) (traditional orthography spelling փէրի)

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

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փէրի”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “փէրի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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