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puri en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʊəɹiː/
• /ˈpʊəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpʊɹi/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-Iranian *praH- Sanskrit पॄ (pṝ) Sanskrit पूर (pūra) Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭 (pūra) Hindi पूरी (pūrī)bor. Urdu پُورِی (pūrī)bor. English puri Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पूरी (pūrī) / Urdu پُورِی (pūrī)), a kind of fried flatbread.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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, retrieved 03 Jul 2016, page 28:

Forms

Relateds

bhelpuri · dahi puri · sev puri

Translations (6)

gu પુરી (bread) · ta பூரி (bread) · gu પૂરી (bread) · pa ਪੂਰੀ (bread) · te పూరీ (bread) · hi पूरी (bread)

wikidata: Q1146928

puri en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʊəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpʊɹi/ (General-American)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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

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