puri

See also: Puri and purí

English

Alternative forms

• poori, puree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹi/
• Rhymes: -uːri

Etymology 1

From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of pancake

Noun

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

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

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• rupi

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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)

1. sail

Inflection

Declension of puri (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		puri	puripurjed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	puripurje
genitive			puripurjede
partitive		puripurje	puripurjesid
illative		puripurje puripurjesse	puripurjedesse
inessive		puripurjes	puripurjedes
elative		puripurjest	puripurjedest
allative		puripurjele	puripurjedele
adessive		puripurjel	puripurjedel
ablative		puripurjelt	puripurjedelt
translative		puripurjeks	puripurjedeks
terminative		puripurjeni	puripurjedeni
essive		puripurjena	puripurjedena
abessive		puripurjeta	puripurjedeta
comitative		puripurjega	puripurjedega

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uri

Verb

puri

1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular past indicative of purra

Anagrams

• piru, rupi

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुर (pura).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. castle (fortified building)
2. palace, royal residence

See also

• (castle): kastel

Further reading

• “puri” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ri/

Adjective

puri

1. plural of puro

Anagrams

• rupi

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) pūrī

1. dative singular of pūs

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) pūrī

1. nominative masculine plural of pūrus
2. genitive masculine singular of pūrus
3. genitive neuter singular of pūrus
4. vocative masculine plural of pūrus

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Latvian

Noun

puri m

1. (dialectal form) (deprecated template usage) nominative plural form of purs
2. (dialectal form) (deprecated template usage) vocative plural form of purs

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Romani

Noun

puri

1. Alternative form of pori