pari

From Persian پری (pari).

pari (plural paris)

1. Alternative form of peri
   • 2021, Farshad Torkashvand, Into the Embrace of Fire‎:

     The Pari, in Persian mythology, is a description of fairy beings but malevolent.

pari

1. second-person singular imperative of parir

pari

1. inflection of parar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Early borrowing from Spanish padre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾiʔ/, [ˈpa.ɾ̪ɪʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri

parì

1. priest

Borrowed from Old Swedish par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin pār with unclear origin, whence also English pair, Spanish par.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/, [ˈpɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ri

pari

1. pair, couple (two similar or identical things)

   parityöskentely ― pair work

   sukkapari ― a pair of socks

2. couple, pair (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)

   aviopari ― married couple

3. partner (someone with whom one does something, e.g. with whom one dances in a two-person dance)

   Synonym: kumppani

   paritanssi ― partner dance

4. (in compounds) double, twin

   parisänky ― double bed

   paripyörä ― twin wheel

5. Ellipsis of sähköpari (“electrochemical cell, battery cell”).
6. (card games, poker) pair (two cards of the same rank)

   ässäpari ― pair of aces

7. (finance, in compounds) par (short for parity)

   pariarvo ― par value

• → Ingrian: pari

pari

1. a couple of (about two, certainly more than one but not much more than three)

   Near-synonym: muutama (often understood to be a little more than pari)

   Olen käynyt Pietarissa pari kertaa.

   I have been in St. Petersburg a couple of times.

2. (ironically) quite a few, a lot, lots

   Sinulla näyttää olevan pari levyä!

   Wow, you have lots of records!

• “pari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• arpi, ripa

From parier.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi/

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• Homophones: Paris, paris, parie, paries

pari m (plural paris)

1. wager, bet
2. gamble, risk

• pari mutuel
• prendre les pari

• Romanian: pariu
• Russian: пари́ (parí)

• “pari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• pair, pria, ripa

From Latin pater, patrem.

pari m (plural paris)

1. father

• mari

pari

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of parir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

pari

1. plural of paro

From Malay pari, from Proto-Malayic *pari(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

pari (first-person possessive pariku, second-person possessive parimu, third-person possessive parinya)

1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Borrowed from Finnish pari.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/, [ˈpɑri]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/, [ˈpɑri]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri

pari

1. pair
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:

     Peenen pään pääl hänel [ƶirafaal] ono pari lyhyttä sarvia.

     On its small head it [the giraffe] has a pair of short horns.

2. Short for pariskunta.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 385

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: pà‧ri

From Latin pār.

pari (invariable)

1. equal

   Antonyms: impari, diverso

2. even (of a number)

   Antonym: dispari

3. rival

• pareggiare

• dispari
• impari

pari

1. second-person singular present indicative of parere

• IRAP, apri, aprì, arpi, pira, pria, rapi, rapì, ripa

pari

1. bow (weapon for firing arrows)

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162 (notes that this form is used in the Itoreauhip dialect as well as Itene proper)

pari

1. Romanization of ꦥꦫꦶ

pari

1. (anatomy) gall bladder

Borrowed from Spanish padre.

pari

1. priest

parī

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of pār

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pari(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

• IPA^(key): /pari/
• Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i

pari (Jawi spelling ڤاري, plural pari-pari, informal 1st possessive pariku, 2nd possessive parimu, 3rd possessive parinya)

1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

• Indonesian: pari

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤاري pari”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 49
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤاري pari”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 446
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pari”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507

• “pari” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Polynesian *pali (“cliff”) (compare with Hawaiian pali, Tahitian pari).[1][2]

pari

1. cliff

• matapari (“bluff”)
• tai matapari (“fiord”)

• paripari (“steep”)

• “pari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

pari

1. horse

• Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández, Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (1999)

From Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

pari

1. money

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay, compare Malay padi and Tetum hare.

pari

1. rice (plant)

• Javanese: ꦥꦫꦶ (pari)

pari

1. inflection of parir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

pari

1. lukewarm, tepid, well-cooked

• pariy

• IPA^(key): [parʲ]

pari m

1. plural of par

pari

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive/imperative of părea

pari

1. sun

• Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Borrowed from Italian pari, from Latin pār (“equal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.rɪ/

pari n

1. (finance) par (value equalling the face value)

   till pari ― on par

   under pari ― below par

   över pari ― above par

• pari in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pari in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pari in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• pare — obsolete

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾiʔ/, [ˈpa.ɾɪʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri

From obsolescent variant pare, from Spanish padre, from Latin pater. Doublet of padre.

parì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒ)

1. (religion) priest; father

   Synonyms: saserdote, dibino, presbitero, (colloquial) among

• madre (female counterpart)

Compare Kapampangan pari, Malay baji, Old Javanese paji, and Tamil வசி (vaci).

parì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒ)

1. (obsolete) act of splitting wood with wedges

   Synonym: biyak

• “pari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 170: “Combidados) Pare (pp) C. tener Religioſos o Clerigos”
  • page 324: “Frayle) Pare (pp) C. de qual quier habito que ſea”
  • page 349: “Hender) Pare [(pp)] cõ cuñas de palo”
  • page 424: “Miniſtro) Pare (pp) C. del Sancto Euangelio Religioſo o Clerigo”
  • page 458: “Padre) Pare (pp) C. relijioſo o miniſtro q̃ aſiſte en los pueblo”
  • page 523: “Relijioſo) Pare (pp) đ qualquier ordẽ”

pari m pl

1. plural of par

Borrowed from Finnish pari.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑri/, [ˈpɑrʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri

pari

1. pair
2. partner, companion

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pari”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

• paí (Oǹdó)

• IPA^(key): /k͡pā.ɾí/

parí

1. to finish, to end

• ìparí (“end”)

From pá (“to be bald”) +‎ orí (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá.ɾí/

párí

1. to be bald

   Ó párí bí ọkọ alámàlà. ― He's bald like an àmàlà seller's husband.

• apárí (“bald person”)