peri

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Pronunciation

/ˈpɪə.ɹi/(UK)

Definition of peri

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(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."”
“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 […]”
“The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.”

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noun

(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."”
“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 […]”
“The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.”

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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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

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