peri

See also: Peri, perí, péri, pèri, perì, perî, peří, peri-, péri-, and pēri

English

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Etymology

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), borrowed from Persian پری (pari).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪə.ɹi/

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Noun

peri (plural peris)

1. (Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being.
   • 1829, The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Volume 27: January—June 1829, 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."

   • 1916 (Mar 16), 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

• (sprite): fairy, pixie, sprite

Translations

sprite in Persian mythology

• Armenian: փերի (hy) (pʻeri)
• Azerbaijani: pəri
• French: péri (fr)
• German: Peri
• Hindi: परी (hi) f (parī)
• Kumyk: пери (peri)
• Kurdish:
• Kyrgyz: пери (ky) (peri)
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• Marathi: परी (mr) f (parī)
• Nepali: परी (ne) (parī)
• Persian: پری (fa) (pari)
• Russian: пери (ru) (peri)
• Spanish: peri
• Swedish: peri
• Tajik: парӣ (tg) (pari)
• Turkish: peri (tr)
• Uzbek: pari (uz)

Anagrams

• pier, prie, ripe

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Verb

peri

1. to thieve

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Finnish

Verb

peri

1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular past indicative of periä
2. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of periä
3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of periä
4. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of periä

Anagrams

• repi, ripe

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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.

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. fairy.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. (archaic) word.

   Synonym: kata

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. heavy rain.

Further reading

• “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.

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Italian

Noun

peri (f plural)

1. plural of pero

Anagrams

• ripe

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) perī

1. second-person singular active imperative of pereō

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Latvian

Peri

Etymology

Singular form pers, cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian pẽras (“larva”), derived from perēt (“to nest, hatch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pæɾi]

Noun

peri m (1st declension)

1. (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

There is a singular form pers, only sporadically attested.

Declension

Declension of peri (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	peri
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	perus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	peru
dative (datīvs)	—	periem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	periem
locative (lokatīvs)	—	peros
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	peri

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Portuguese

Noun

peri m (plural s)

1. peri

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Romanian

Noun

peri m pl

1. plural of păr

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Sranan Tongo

Noun

peri

1. pearl

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Tocharian B

Noun

peri

1. debt

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Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian پری (peri).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧ri

Noun

peri (definite accusative periyi, plural periler)

1. fairy, pixie

Declension

Inflection
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
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

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Welsh

Etymology

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

Verb

peri (first-person singular present paraf)

1. (transitive) to cause, to induce

   Synonym: achosi

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

• peiriant (“machine, engine”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
peri	beri	mheri	pheri
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.