Persian

Noun

پری • ‎(pari) ‎(plural پریان ‎(pariân) or پری‌ها ‎(pari-hâ))

1. (Iranian mythology) sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian mythology opposed to دیوسان (daemon, dius) and دیو (daeva and deva); peri.
2. (Roman mythology) fury
3. (mythology) fairy
4. (mythology) witch (parikā in Avestan mythology)

Related terms

• پریسا ‎(Parisâ)

Descendants

• Armenian: փերի ‎(pʿeri)
• Azeri: pəri
• Crimean Tatar: peri
• Kurdish: perî
• Kyrgyz: пери ‎(peri)
• Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] ‎(peri)
  • Albanian: perri
  • Turkish: peri
• Pashto: پريِ ‎(parī)
• Tatar: пәри ‎(päri)
• Tajik: парӣ ‎(parī)
• Uzbek: pari

Proper noun

پری • ‎(Pari)

1. A female given name, Pari, Paree. Diminutive of پریوش ‎(Parivaš).

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “parīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պարիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 61b
• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 863–864

Etymology 2

پر ‎(par, “wing”) +‎ ی ‎(-i)

Adjective

پری • ‎(pari)

1. winged

Etymology 3

پر ‎(por, “full”) +‎ ی ‎(-i, “-ness”)

Noun

پری • ‎(pori)

1. fullness

Synonyms

• پر بودن ‎(por budan)