different between peri vs perh

English

Etymology

Probably from Ottoman Turkish ???? (peri), borrowed from Persian ???? (pari).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??.?i/

Noun

peri (plural peris)

1. (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

Anagrams

• pier, prie, ripe

'Are'are

Verb

peri

1. to thieve

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Basque

Noun

peri

1. dative indefinite of pe

Finnish

Verb

peri

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of periä.
2. Indicative present connegative form of periä.
3. Second-person singular imperative present form of periä.
4. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of periä.

Anagrams

• repi, ripe

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p??ri]
• Hyphenation: pê?ri

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ??? (pari, “about”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri.

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. about, concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.

   Synonyms: hal, sifat, keadaan

2. conduct.

   Synonym: laku

3. event.

   Synonyms: kejadian, peristiwa

Etymology 2

From Persian ???? (pari, “fairy”), from Middle Persian plyk' (par?g, “witch”).

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. fairy.

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit ??????? (paribh???, “definition”).

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. (archaic) word.

   Synonym: kata

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit ??? (pari, “abundantly, fully”).

Noun

pêri (first-person possessive periku, second-person possessive perimu, third-person possessive perinya)

1. heavy rain.

Further reading

• “peri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

peri (f plural)

1. plural of pero

Anagrams

• ripe

Latin

Verb

per?

1. second-person singular active imperative of pere?

Latvian

Etymology

Singular form pers, cognate with Lithuanian p?ras (“larva”), derived from per?t (“to nest, hatch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pæ?i]

Noun

peri m (1st declension)

1. (chiefly in the plural) bee larvae

Usage notes

There is a singular form pers, only sporadically attested.

Declension

References

Portuguese

Noun

peri m (plural peris)

1. peri

Romanian

Noun

peri m pl

1. plural of p?r

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

peri (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. second-person singular imperative of prati

Sranan Tongo

Noun

peri

1. pearl

Tocharian B

Noun

peri

1. debt

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ???? (peri).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe?ri

Noun

peri (definite accusative periyi, plural periler)

1. fairy, pixie

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *k?ert, from Proto-Indo-European *k?er-.

Verb

peri (first-person singular present paraf)

1. (transitive) to cause, to induce

   Synonym: achosi

Conjugation

Derived terms

• peiriant (“machine, engine”)

Mutation

English

Adverb

perh (not comparable)

1. (usually in scholarly contexts) Abbreviation of perhaps.

Anagrams

• herp