peri
English
editAlternative forms
edit- pari (directly from Persian)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editperi (plural peris)
- (Iranian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being.
- January-June 1829, “The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies[2], volume 27, page 549:
- He sent a Peri to Chundum Dew with a message: "If you wish to live, release the mortal in your power: if not, every demon in your service will immediately be put to the sword."
- March 16 1916, Alfred Richard Orage, Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, page 473:
- In an hour they hovered above Hampstead Heath, and the peri looked down for a lonely spot where she might alight in the sulphurous gloom of a dog-day sunset too blinding for anyone to look at […]
- 2008, A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales, page 75:
- The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.
Synonyms
editTranslations
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See also
editAnagrams
edit'Are'are
editVerb
editperi
- to thieve
References
edit- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Basque
editNoun
editperi
- dative indefinite of pe
Finnish
editVerb
editperi
- inflection of periä:
Anagrams
editIndonesian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Sanskrit परि (pari, “about”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri-.
Noun
editpêri (plural peri-peri)
- about, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- conduct.
- Synonym: laku
- event.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editpêri (plural peri-peri)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Persian پری (pari, “fairy”), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”).
Noun
editpêri (plural peri-peri)
Etymology 3
editFrom Sanskrit परि (pari, “abundantly, fully”).
Noun
editpêri (plural peri-peri)
Further reading
edit- “peri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editNoun
editperi
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editperī
Latvian
editEtymology
editSingular form pers, cognate with Lithuanian pẽras (“larva”), derived from perēt (“to nest, hatch”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editperi m (1st declension)
- (chiefly in the plural) bee larvae
- peru puve ― larvae rot (bee larvae disease)
- peru pieniņš ― larvae milk (a secretion of working bees used to feed the larvae)
Usage notes
editThere is a singular form pers, only sporadically attested.
Declension
editsingular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | peri |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | perus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | peru |
dative (datīvs) | — | periem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | periem |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | peros |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | peri |
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “peri”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Malay
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Sanskrit परि (pari, “about”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri-.
Noun
editperi (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)
- About, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- A conduct.
- Synonym: laku
- An event.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editperi (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Indonesian: peri
Etymology 2
editFrom Persian پری (pari, “fairy”), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”).
Noun
editperi (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri, informal 1st possessive periku, 2nd possessive perimu, 3rd possessive perinya)
- A fairy.
Descendants
edit- Indonesian: peri
Etymology 3
editAdjective
editperi (Jawi spelling ڤري)
Further reading
edit- “peri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
editNoun
editperi m (plural peris)
Romanian
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editperi m pl
Serbo-Croatian
editVerb
editperi (Cyrillic spelling пери)
Sranan Tongo
editNoun
editperi
Tocharian B
editNoun
editperi m sg
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editperi (definite accusative periyi, plural periler)
Declension
editInflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | peri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | periyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | peri | periler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | periyi | perileri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | periye | perilere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | peride | perilerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | periden | perilerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | perinin | perilerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “peri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “peri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “peri”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Turkmen
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Persian پری (pari).
Noun
editperi
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *kʷareti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.
Verb
editperi (first-person singular present paraf)
Conjugation
editsingular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | paraf | peri | pair, pâr | parwn | perwch, parwch | parant | perir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
parwn | parit | parai | parem | parech | parent | perid | |
preterite | perais | peraist | parodd | parasom | parasoch | parasant | parwyd | |
pluperfect | paraswn | parasit | parasai | parasem | parasech | parasent | parasid, paresid | |
present subjunctive | parwyf | perych | paro | parom | paroch | paront | parer | |
imperative | — | pâr | pared | parwn | perwch, parwch | parent | parer | |
verbal noun | peri | |||||||
verbal adjectives | paredig paradwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | para i, paraf i | pari di | parith o/e/hi, pariff e/hi | parwn ni | parwch chi | paran nhw |
conditional | parwn i, parswn i | paret ti, parset ti | parai fo/fe/hi, parsai fo/fe/hi | paren ni, parsen ni | parech chi, parsech chi | paren nhw, parsen nhw |
preterite | parais i, pares i | paraist ti, parest ti | parodd o/e/hi | paron ni | paroch chi | paron nhw |
imperative | — | para | — | — | parwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- peiriant (“machine, engine”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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peri | beri | mheri | pheri |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “peri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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