"peri" meaning in English

See peri in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪə.ɹi/ [UK] Audio: en-au-peri.ogg Forms: peris [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɪəɹi Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ota|پری|tr=peri}} Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), {{der|en|fa|پری|tr=pari}} Persian پری (pari) Head templates: {{en-noun}} peri (plural peris)
  1. (Iranian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being. Wikipedia link: peri Tags: Iranian Categories (topical): Iranian mythology Synonyms: pari (english: directly from Persian) Synonyms (sprite): fairy, pixie, sprite Related terms: peri-peri Translations (sprite in Persian mythology): փերի (pʻeri) (Armenian), pəri (Azerbaijani), péri (French), Peri (German), परी (parī) [feminine] (Hindi), пері (perı) (Kazakh), пери (peri) (Kumyk), пери (peri) (Kyrgyz), परी (parī) [feminine] (Marathi), परी (parī) (Nepali), perî (Northern Kurdish), پری (pari) (Persian), ਪਰੀ (parī) [feminine] (Punjabi), пери (peri) (Russian), peri (Spanish), peri (Swedish), парӣ (pari) (Tajik), peri (Turkish), pari (Uzbek)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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