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puri

/ˈpʊəɹiː/UK/ˈpʊəɹi/

puri noun: a type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Puri

Puri

  1. A surname from Punjabi
  2. A holy city in Odisha, India (the capital of Kalinga, noted for the adoration of Jagannath or Krishna) (IW., 244 n. 1).
    • As to the local rulers of Eastern Orissa this Chinese traveller does not give us vmj definite information; we only learn that the district of Puri which then obtained the name Kongada was under Brahminic influence and the rest of the eastern tract in the north, then designated as Ucha or Ukkala...1925, B. C. Mazumdar, Orissa In The Making, University of Calcutta, pages 98-99
    • A seat in the car of Jagannatha during the Car Festival at Puri is a great privilege to the devout and implies great social prestige also, as the Gajapati monarchs of Orissa used to ride in it. Their descendants do so today.1960, Mayadhar Mansinha, History of Oriya Literature, Sahitya Akademi, page 92
  3. A district of Odisha, India, in which the holy city is based.

puri meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi

puri in Hindi

bread
पूरी pūrī

puri in Tamil

bread
பூரி pūri

puri in Telugu

bread
పూరీ pūrī

puri in Punjabi

bread
ਪੂਰੀ pūrī
More languagesFewer languages
puri in Gujarati
પુરી purī, પૂરી pūrī

Forms of puri

pluralpuris
alternative formpoori
alternative formpuree

Plural of puri: puris

Origin of puri

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पूरी (pūrī) / Urdu پُورِی (pūrī)), a kind of fried flatbread.

Borrowed from Balinese ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri), from Old Javanese purī (“palace, royal residence”), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”). Doublet of Puri and polis.

Borrowed from Odia ପୁରୀ (puri), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”). Doublet of puri and polis.

Phrases with puri

Words that rhyme with puri

Questions about puri

What does puri mean?
Puri means a type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
What is puri in Hindi?
Puri in Hindi is पूरी (pūrī). See Puri meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is puri?
Puri can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce puri?
Puri is pronounced /ˈpʊəɹiː/.
What is the plural of puri?
The plural of puri is puris.

Words near puri in the dictionary

  1. purging place
  2. purging places
  3. purgingly
  4. purgings
  5. Purgitsville
  6. puri
  7. puri-teen
  8. puri-teens
  9. purie
  10. puries
  11. Purif

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