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pari

pari is the alternative form of peri.

pari is the alternative form of purree.

Meaning of peri

Noun

peri (plural peris)

  1. (Iranian) A sprite or supernatural being.
    • He sent a Peri to Chundum Dew with a message: "If you wish to live, release the mortal in your power: if not, every demon in your service will immediately be put to the sword."January-June 1829, “The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, volume 27, page 549
    Synonyms:
    fairy, pixie, sprite

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Meaning of purree

Noun (1)

purree (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A substance obtained from cow urine and used in making the pigment Indian yellow.

Noun (2)

purree (plural purrees)

  1. (India) A measure of land said to be equivalent to about 3 acres.

Forms of pari

pluralparis

Origin of pari

From Persian پری (pari).

Questions about pari

What is pari the alternative form of?
Pari is the alternative form of peri.

Words near pari in the dictionary

  1. parhelium
  2. parholaspidid
  3. parholaspidids
  4. parhypate
  5. parhypates
  6. pari
  7. pari passu
  8. pari-
  9. Pari-an
  10. pari-mutuel
  11. pari-mutuels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pari (page history and authors); peri (page history and authors); purree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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