puri

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of fried flatbread.

Noun[edit]

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puri (countable and uncountable, plural puris)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

From Balinese ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri), from Old Javanese purī (palace, royal residence), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, stronghold, fortress), from ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (city, fortress, stronghold). Compare to English polis (a Greek city-state).

Noun[edit]

puri (plural puris)

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

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Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

puri

  1. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬭᬷ
  2. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬭᬶ

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

puri (genitive purje, partitive purje)

  1. sail

Declension[edit]

Declension of puri (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative puri purjed
accusative nom.
gen. purje
genitive purjede
partitive purje purjesid
illative purje
purjesse
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[edit]

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Verb[edit]

puri

  1. third-person singular past indicative of purra

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay puri, from Sanskrit पुर (pura). Doublet of pura.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pu.ri/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ri

Noun[edit]

puri (first-person possessive puriku, second-person possessive purimu, third-person possessive purinya)

  1. castle (fortified building)
    Synonym: kastel
  2. palace, royal residence
    Synonyms: istana, mahligai, keraton
  3. residential section of a palace
  4. (dialect) temple (Bali)
    Synonym: pura

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Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ri/
  • Rhymes: -uri
  • Hyphenation: pù‧ri

Adjective[edit]

puri

  1. masculine plural of puro

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Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

puri

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦫꦶ

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

pūrī

  1. dative singular of pūs

Adjective[edit]

pūrī

  1. inflection of pūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

puri m

  1. (dialectal) nominative plural of purs
  2. (dialectal) vocative plural of purs

Malay[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Sanskrit पुरी (purī). Doublet of pura.

Noun[edit]

puri (Jawi spelling ڤوري, plural puri-puri, informal 1st possessive puriku, 2nd possessive purimu, 3rd possessive purinya)

  1. (obsolete) castle (fortified building)
    Synonyms: benteng, kota
  2. palace, royal residence
    Synonym: istana
  3. residential section of a palace
    1. (bahasa istana) room
      Synonym: bilik
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: puri

Etymology 2[edit]

From English puree, from French purée, from Old French puree; feminine past participle of verb purer (to make pure), from Late Latin purare (same sense) from Classical Latin purus (pure).

Noun[edit]

puri (plural puri-puri, informal 1st possessive puriku, 2nd possessive purimu, 3rd possessive purinya)

  1. puree: a food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid.

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Old Javanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

purī

  1. Informal spelling of purī.

Romani[edit]

Noun[edit]

puri

  1. Alternative form of pori

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, worship) via Old Javanese or Malay puji.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pu‧ri
  • IPA(key): /ˈpuɾi/, [ˈpu.ɾɪ]

Noun[edit]

puri (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒ)

  1. praise, honor, compliment
    Synonym: dangal

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • puri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018