Dictionary

peri en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɪə.ɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari).

Meanings

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:
   • In an hour they hovered above Hampstead Heath, and the peri looked down for a lonely spot where she might alight in the sulphurous gloom of a dog-day sunset too blinding for anyone to look at […] March 16 1916, Alfred Richard Orage, Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, page 473:
   • The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar. 2008, A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales, page 75:

Forms

Relateds

peri-peri

Synonyms

fairy (sprite) · pixie (sprite) · sprite (sprite)

Translations (20)

sv peri (sprite in Persian mythology) · kk пері (sprite in Persian mythology) · kmr perî (sprite in Persian mythology) · es peri (sprite in Persian mythology) · az pəri (sprite in Persian mythology) · pa ਪਰੀ (sprite in Persian mythology) · ur پری (sprite in Persian mythology) · tr peri (sprite in Persian mythology) · fr péri (sprite in Persian mythology) · tg парӣ (sprite in Persian mythology) · kum пери (sprite in Persian mythology) · uz pari (sprite in Persian mythology) · ne परी (sprite in Persian mythology) · fa پری (sprite in Persian mythology) · ky пери (sprite in Persian mythology) · ru пери (sprite in Persian mythology) · mr परी (sprite in Persian mythology) · hi परी (sprite in Persian mythology) · hy փերի (sprite in Persian mythology) · de Peri (sprite in Persian mythology)