পরী

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پری (parī), drom Middle Persian [script needed] (plyk' /⁠parīg⁠/, “witch”), from Old Persian *parikā. Compare Hindustani परी (parī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /poɾi/, [ˈpoɾiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /poɹi/, [ˈpoɹiˑ]

Noun

পরী • (pori)

1. fairy

Derived terms

• ডানাকাটা পরী (ḍanakaṭa pori)
• পরীদেশ (porideś)
• পরীরাজ্য (porirajjo)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “পরী” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “পরী, পরি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh