پری
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian pryg (pryg), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (pairikā, “sorceress, witch”), Sogdian [script needed] (pṛʿyk-, “female demoness”) and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik), an Iranian borrowing.
Noun
پری • (pari) (plural پریان (pariyân) or پریها (pari-hâ))
- (Iranian mythology) sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian mythology opposed to دیوسان (daemon) and دیو (daeva); peri.
- (Roman mythology) fury
- (mythology) fairy
- (mythology) witch (parika in Avestan mythology)
- (figuratively) a beautiful woman
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
پری • (pari)
- Diminutive form of several female Persian given names starting with this word.
- A female given name, Pari or Paree.
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “parīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պարիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 61b
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 863–864
- “پری” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.
Etymology 2
Adjective
پری • (pari)
Etymology 3
پر (por, “full”) + ی (-i, “-ness”)
Noun
پری • (pori)
Synonyms
- پر بودن (por budan)
Etymology 4
From پریر (parir, parēr, “two days or nights ago”).
Noun
پری • (pari, parē)
- (archaic) two days or nights ago
Derived terms
Adverb
پری • (pari, parē)
- (archaic) on two days or nights ago
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