peri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "peri"

English

WOTD – 12 November 2013, 12 November 2014

Alternative forms

  • pari (directly from Persian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪə.ɹi/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɪəɹi

Noun

peri (plural peris)

  1. (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

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Albanian

Noun

peri

  1. inflection of pe:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

'Are'are

Verb

peri

  1. to thieve

References

Basque

Noun

peri

  1. dative indefinite of pe

Finnish

Verb

peri

  1. inflection of periä:
    1. third-person singular past indicative
    2. present active indicative connegative
    3. second-person singular present imperative
    4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəˈri]
  • Hyphenation: pê‧ri

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit परि (pari, about), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri-.

Noun

pêri (plural peri-peri)

  1. about, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect
    Synonyms: hal, sifat, keadaan
  2. conduct
    Synonym: laku
  3. event
    Synonyms: kejadian, peristiwa
Derived terms
  • peri kehidupan
  • peri kemanusiaan
  • peri kesopanan

Noun

pêri (plural peri-peri)

  1. (archaic) word
    Synonym: kata
Derived terms
  • berperi
  • memerikan
  • pemerian
  • perian
  • terperikan

Etymology 2

From Persian پری (pari, fairy), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, witch).

Noun

pêri (plural peri-peri)

  1. fairy

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit परि (pari, abundantly, fully).

Noun

pêri (plural peri-peri)

  1. heavy rain

Further reading

Italian

Noun

peri

  1. plural of pero

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

perī

  1. second-person singular active imperative of pereō

Latvian

Etymology

Singular form pers, cognate with Lithuanian pẽras (larva), derived from perēt (to nest, hatch).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pæɾi]

Noun

peri m (1st declension)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) bee larvae
    peru puvelarvae rot (bee larvae disease)
    peru pieniņšlarvae milk (a secretion of working bees used to feed the larvae)

Usage notes

There is a singular form pers, only sporadically attested.

Declension

Declension of peri (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative peri
genitive peru
dative periem
accusative perus
instrumental periem
locative peros
vocative peri

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “peri”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pə.ri]
  • Rhymes: -ri, -i
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ri

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit परि (pari, about), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri-.

Noun

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri)

  1. About, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
    Synonyms: hal, sifat, keadaan
  2. A conduct.
    Synonym: laku
  3. An event.
    Synonyms: kejadian, peristiwa, insiden
Derived terms
  • peri kehidupan
  • peri kemanusiaan
  • peri kesopanan

Noun

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri)

  1. (archaic) A word.
    Synonym: kata
Derived terms
  • berperi
  • berperi-peri
  • perikan
  • terperi, terperikan

Descendants

  • Indonesian: peri

Etymology 2

From Persian پری (pari, fairy), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, witch).

Noun

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري, plural peri-peri)

  1. A fairy.
Descendants

Etymology 3

From English free.

Adjective

peri (Jawi spelling ڤري)

  1. (informal) Not having a price; free.

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

peri m (plural peris)

  1. peri

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

peri m pl

  1. plural of păr

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

peri (Cyrillic spelling пери)

  1. second-person singular imperative of prati

Sranan Tongo

Noun

peri

  1. pearl

Tocharian B

Noun

peri m sg

  1. debt

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈɾi/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ri
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

peri (definite accusative periyi, plural periler)

  1. fairy, pixie

Declension

Declension of peri
singular plural
nominative peri periler
definite accusative periyi perileri
dative periye perilere
locative peride perilerde
ablative periden perilerden
genitive perinin perilerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular perim perilerim
2nd singular perin perilerin
3rd singular perisi perileri
1st plural perimiz perilerimiz
2nd plural periniz perileriniz
3rd plural perileri perileri
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular perimi perilerimi
2nd singular perini perilerini
3rd singular perisini perilerini
1st plural perimizi perilerimizi
2nd plural perinizi perilerinizi
3rd plural perilerini perilerini
dative
singular plural
1st singular perime perilerime
2nd singular perine perilerine
3rd singular perisine perilerine
1st plural perimize perilerimize
2nd plural perinize perilerinize
3rd plural perilerine perilerine
locative
singular plural
1st singular perimde perilerimde
2nd singular perinde perilerinde
3rd singular perisinde perilerinde
1st plural perimizde perilerimizde
2nd plural perinizde perilerinizde
3rd plural perilerinde perilerinde
ablative
singular plural
1st singular perimden perilerimden
2nd singular perinden perilerinden
3rd singular perisinden perilerinden
1st plural perimizden perilerimizden
2nd plural perinizden perilerinizden
3rd plural perilerinden perilerinden
genitive
singular plural
1st singular perimin perilerimin
2nd singular perinin perilerinin
3rd singular perisinin perilerinin
1st plural perimizin perilerimizin
2nd plural perinizin perilerinizin
3rd plural perilerinin perilerinin
Predicative forms
singular plural
1st singular periyim perilerim
2nd singular perisin perilersin
3rd singular peri
peridir
periler
perilerdir
1st plural periyiz perileriz
2nd plural perisiniz perilersiniz
3rd plural periler perilerdir

Derived terms

  • ilham perisi
  • iyilik perisi
  • peri gibi
  • peri hastalığı
  • peri masalı
  • peri masası
  • peri oyunu
  • peri piramidi
  • peribacası
  • pericik
  • perileri bağdaşmak
  • perisi hoşlanmamak
  • superisi

Further reading

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پری (pari).

Noun

peri

  1. fairy

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷareti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛri/
  • Rhymes: -ɛri

Verb

peri (first-person singular present paraf)

  1. (transitive) to cause, to induce
    Synonyms: achosi, achlysuro, anwytho

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
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
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of peri
radical soft nasal aspirate
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

  • 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