পরী

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (parī), drom Middle Persian [script needed] (plyk' /⁠parīg⁠/, “witch”), from Old Persian *parikā. Compare Hindustani परी (parī).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /poɾi/, [ˈpoɾiˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /poɹi/, [ˈpoɹiˑ]

Noun

পরী • (pori)

fairy

Derived terms

ডানাকাটা পরী (ḍanakaṭa pori)
পরীদেশ (porideś)
পরীরাজ্য (porirajjo)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “পরী” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “পরী, পরি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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