puri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "puri"

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *praH-

Sanskrit पॄ (pṝ)

Sanskrit पूर (pūra)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭 (pūra)

Hindi पूरी (pūrī)bor.

Urdu پُورِی (pūrī)bor.

English puri

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पूरी (pūrī) / Urdu پُورِی (pūrī)), a kind of fried flatbread.

Alternative forms

• poori
• puree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹiː/

Noun

puri (countable and uncountable, plural puris)

2. 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.)

Related terms

• bhelpuri

Translations

bread

• Gujarati: પુરી f (purī), પૂરી f (pūrī)
• Hindi: पूरी (hi) f (pūrī)
• Punjabi: ਪੂਰੀ f (pūrī)
• Tamil: பூரி (ta) (pūri)
• Telugu: పూరీ (te) ? (pūrī)

Etymology 2

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

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

• Piru, rupi

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

• piru, rupi

Indonesian

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

Compounds

• wisata puri

Further reading

• “puri”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

puri

1. masculine plural of puro

Anagrams

• rupi

Javanese

Romanization

puri

1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦫꦶ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.ri]

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

• Indonesian: puri
• → Dutch: poeri

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

• "puri" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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

• adulasyon
• alabansa
• pagsuob ng kamanyang
• pugay

Further reading

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