puri

See also: Puri, purí, purī, and púri

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of fried flatbread.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpʊəɹiː/

    Noun

    puri (countable and uncountable, plural puris)

    1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
      • 1831, Sandford Arnot (translator), “Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East”, in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages[1], volume I, London: J.L. Cox, retrieved 3 July 2016, page 28:
        No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)
    Translations

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

    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.

    Anagrams

    Balinese

    Etymology

    From Old Javanese purī, from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, stronghold, fortress), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (city, fortress, stronghold). Doublet of ᬧᬸᬭ (pura).

    Noun

    puri (Balinese script ᬧᬸᬭᬷ or ᬧᬸᬭᬶ)

    1. palace, royal residence

    Descendants

    • Indonesian: puri

    Estonian

    Etymology

    From Proto-Finnic *purjëh, from Proto-Germanic *buriz. Cognate with Finnish purje and Votic purjõ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpuri/, [ˈpuri]
    • Rhymes: -uri
    • Hyphenation: pu‧ri

    Noun

    puri (genitive purje, partitive purje)

    1. sail (a vertical surface made of fabric or the like, which, when attached to the mast, catches the wind and makes the sailboat, windsurfing board, etc. move with the force of the wind)
      Synonym: seil

    Declension

    Declension of puri (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative puri purjed
    accusative nom.
    gen. purje
    genitive purjede
    partitive purje purjesid
    illative purje
    purjesse
    purjedesse
    inessive purjes purjedes
    elative purjest purjedest
    allative purjele purjedele
    adessive purjel purjedel
    ablative purjelt purjedelt
    translative purjeks purjedeks
    terminative purjeni purjedeni
    essive purjena purjedena
    abessive purjeta purjedeta
    comitative purjega purjedega

    Compounds

    • besaanpuri
    • eespuri
    • grootpuri
    • kahvelpuri
    • lisapuri
    • lüügerpuri
    • marsspuri
    • pirkelpuri
    • praampuri
    • priitpuri
    • raapuri
    • suurpuri
    • tagapuri
    • topp-puri
    • tormipuri

    References

    • puri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
    • puri”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

    Finnish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpuri/, [ˈpuri]
    • Rhymes: -uri
    • Syllabification(key): pu‧ri
    • Hyphenation(key): pu‧ri

    Verb

    puri

    1. third-person singular past indicative of purra

    Anagrams

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    From Malay puri, from Sanskrit पुर (pura). Doublet of pura.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pu.ri/
    • Hyphenation: pu‧ri

    Noun

    puri (plural puri-puri)

    1. castle (fortified building)
      Synonym: kastel
    2. palace, royal residence
      Synonyms: istana, mahligai, keraton
    3. residential section of a palace
    4. (dialect) temple (Bali)
      Synonym: pura

    Compounds

    Further reading

    Italian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ri/
    • Rhymes: -uri
    • Hyphenation: pù‧ri

    Adjective

    puri

    1. masculine plural of puro

    Anagrams

    Javanese

    Romanization

    puri

    1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦫꦶ

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    pūrī

    1. dative singular of pūs

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    pūrī

    1. inflection of pūrus:
      1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
      2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

    Latvian

    Noun

    puri m

    1. (dialectal) nominative plural of purs
    2. (dialectal) vocative plural of purs

    Malay

    Etymology 1

    From Sanskrit पुरी (purī). Doublet of pura.

    Noun

    puri (Jawi spelling ڤوري, plural puri-puri or puri2)

    1. (obsolete) castle (fortified building)
      Synonyms: benteng, kota
    2. palace, royal residence
      Synonym: istana
    3. residential section of a palace
      1. (bahasa istana) room
        Synonym: bilik
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    From English puree, from French purée, from Old French puree; feminine past participle of verb purer (to make pure), from Late Latin purare (same sense) from Classical Latin purus (pure).

    Noun

    puri (plural puri-puri or puri2)

    1. puree: a food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid.

    Further reading

    Old Javanese

    Noun

    purī

    1. informal spelling of purī

    Romani

    Noun

    puri

    1. alternative form of pori

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    From Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, worship) via Old Javanese or Malay puji. Compare Tausug pudji.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpuɾi/ [ˈpuː.ɾɪ]
    • Rhymes: -uɾi
    • Syllabification: pu‧ri

    Noun

    puri (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒ)

    1. praise; honor; compliment
      Synonym: dangal

    Derived terms

    • ipagkapuri
    • kapuri-puri
    • kapurihan
    • magmapuri
    • magpuri
    • mapagmapuri
    • mapanirang-puri
    • mapuri
    • papuri
    • pumuri
    • purihin

    See also

    Further reading

    • puri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018