پری
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian pryg (pryg), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (pairikā, “sorceress, witch”), Sogdian [script needed] (pṛʿyk-, “female demoness”) and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik), an Iranian borrowing.
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Proper noun
پری • (pari)
- Diminutive form of several female Persian given names starting with this word.
- A female given name, Pari or Paree.
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “parīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պարիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 61b
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 863–864
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پری”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Synonyms
- پر بودن (por budan)
Etymology 3
From پریر (parir, parēr, “day before yesterday”), from Middle Persian 𐬞𐬭𐬌𐬭 (prir /parīr/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (plʾyyl), [Book Pahlavi needed] (plʾyyʾl /parīr, parēr/, “the day before yesterday”), from Proto-Iranian *parāyarah[1][2], from *para- + *ayarah (“day”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭𐬇 (ayarə̄, “day”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyer- (“day, morning”). Cognate with Bakhtiari [script needed] (parey), Bashkardi پریر (parir), Kermanic [script needed] (pare), Baluchi [script needed] (parērī), [script needed] (pairērī), Kurdish [script needed] (piērīē), Central Kurdish پهرێ (pare). Also compare Shirazi [script needed] (parigru(z)), Southern Luri [script needed] (parig).
References
- Nyberg H. S. (posthumous); Utas, Bo, editor (1988) Frahang-i pahlavīk, Toll, Christopher, collaborator, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 106
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 69