परि

See also: परि-

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• পরি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ပရိ (Burmese script)
• પરિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಿ (Kannada script)
• បរិ (Khmer script)
• ປຣິ (Lao script)
• പരി (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପରି (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• පරි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• பரி (Tamil script)
• పరి (Telugu script)
• ปริ (Thai script)
• པ་རི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (paⁱri), Ancient Greek περί (perí).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.ɾi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾi/

Adverb

परि • (pári)

1. around, round; about
2. against, towards

Descendants

• → Hindi: परि- (pari-)
• → Telugu: పరి- (pari-)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • • Bengali: পার- (par-)
• Old Javanese: pari-
  • Javanese: ꦥꦿꦶ- (pri-)
  • → Indonesian: pari- (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “परि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 591, column 2.