परी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

परी • (parī) f (Urdu spelling پری)

fairy
peri
(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) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾiː/

Etymology 1

See परि (pari).

Affix

परी • (parī)

compounding form of परि (pari, “around”)

Etymology 2

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

Root

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

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.

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