English

Proper noun

Airi

1. A Japanese female given name

Estonian

Etymology

Explained as a variant of Aili.

Proper noun

Airi

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Aire

Finnish

Etymology

Invented at the end of the 19th century, either from airut ("herald"), or from place names like Airisto, Airikka, Airiselkä, at least some of them derived from Old Norse Airíkr, Eiríkr (hence English Eric).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑiri]
• Rhymes: -ɑiri
• Hyphenation: Ai‧ri

Proper noun

Airi

1. A female given name. Variant: Aira.

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

Airi

1. rōmaji reading of あいり

Latvian

Noun

airi m

1. vocative singular form of airis
2. accusative singular form of airis
3. instrumental singular form of airis
4. nominative plural form of airis
5. vocative plural form of airis

Old Irish

Pronoun

airi

1. third-person singular masculine and neuter accusative of ar

Adverb

airi

1. therefore, for this/that reason
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27^c22

     Is airi am cimbid-se hóre no·pridchim in rúin sin.‎

     It is for that reason that I am a captive, because I preach that mystery.