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poori

poori is the alternative form of puri.

Meaning of puri

Noun (1)

puri (countable and uncountable, plural puris)

  1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
    • No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)1831, Sandford Arnot (translator), “Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East”, in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages, volume I, London: J.L. Cox...

Noun (2)

puri (plural puris)

  1. In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.

See all 5 meanings of puri

Forms of poori

pluralpooris
pluralpoories

Phrases with poori

Questions about poori

What is poori the alternative form of?
Poori is the alternative form of puri.

Words near poori in the dictionary

  1. poorest-quality
  2. poorga
  3. poorgas
  4. poorhouse
  5. poorhouses
  6. poori
  7. poories
  8. pooring
  9. pooris
  10. poorish
  11. poorism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poori (page history and authors); puri (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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