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peri

see also: Peri

Pronunciation

(British) IPA: /ˈpɪə.ɹi/

Noun

peri (plural peris)

(Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being.
- 1829, The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Volume 27: January—June 1829, page 549 ↗,
  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."
- 1916 (Mar 16), Alfred Richard Orage, ‎Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, page 473
  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 […]
- 2008, A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales, page 75
  The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.

Synonyms

(sprite) fairy, pixie, sprite

Translations

French: péri
German: Peri
Russian: пери
Spanish: peri

Peri

Proper noun

Surname

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