परी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (parī), from Middle Persian plyk' (parīg). Compare Bengali পরী (pori).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɾiː/, [pɐ.ɾiː]

Noun

परी • (parī) f (Urdu spelling پری‎)

fairy
peri
(figuratively) a beautiful woman

Declension

Declension of परी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	परी parī	परियाँ pariyā̃
oblique	परी parī	परियों pariyõ
vocative	परी parī	परियो pariyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “परी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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