puri

See also: Puri

English

Alternative forms

poori, puree

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹi/
Rhymes: -uːri

Etymology 1

From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of pancake

Noun

puri (countable and uncountable, plural puris)

A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
- 1831, Arnot (translator), Sandford, “Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East”, in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages‎, volume I, London: J.L. Cox, retrieved 2016-07-03, page 28:
  No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)

Etymology 2

From Balinese puri, from Old Javanese purī (“palace, royal residence”).

Noun

puri (plural puris)

In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.

Anagrams

rupi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favourable wind”). Cognate to Finnish purje. A Baltic origin is also possible; compare Lithuanian burė.

Noun

puri (genitive purje, partitive purje)

sail

Inflection

Declension of puri (type puri)

	singular	plural
nominative	puri	purjed
genitive	purje	purjede
partitive	purje	purjesid
illative	purjesse / purje	purjedesse
inessive	purjes	purjedes
elative	purjest	purjedest
allative	purjele	purjedele
adessive	purjel	purjedel
ablative	purjelt	purjedelt
translative	purjeks	purjedeks
terminative	purjeni	purjedeni
essive	purjena	purjedena
abessive	purjeta	purjedeta
comitative	purjega	purjedega

Finnish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -uri

Verb

puri

Third-person singular indicative past form of purra.

Anagrams

piru, rupi

Indonesian

Noun

puri

castle (fortified building)
palace, royal residence

Italian

Adjective

puri

plural of puro

Anagrams

rupi

Latin

Noun

pūrī

dative singular of pūs

Adjective

pūrī

nominative masculine plural of pūrus
genitive masculine singular of pūrus
genitive neuter singular of pūrus
vocative masculine plural of pūrus

Latvian

Noun

puri m

(dialectal form) nominative plural form of purs
(dialectal form) vocative plural form of purs

Romani

Etymology

From Armenian փոր (pʿor, “bowels, entrails”).

Noun

puri

Alternative form of pori

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868), “puri”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 123b

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