puri

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊɹi/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹi

Etymology 1

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

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”).

Anagrams

• Piru, rupi

Romanization

puri

1. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬭᬷ
2. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬭᬶ

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

puri

1. third-person singular past indicative of purra

Anagrams

• piru, rupi

Etymology

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

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦸꦫꦶ (puri, “palace”) and Balinese ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri, “palace, temple”).

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

Further reading

• “puri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

puri

1. masculine plural of puro

Anagrams

• rupi

Romanization

puri

1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦫꦶ

Noun

pūrī

1. dative singular of pūs

Adjective

pūrī

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

Noun

puri m

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

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पुरी (purī). Doublet of pura.

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”).

Further reading

• “puri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Noun

purī

1. Informal spelling of purī.

Noun

puri

1. Alternative form of pori

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

Further reading

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