ޕަރީ

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian پری (pari, “fairy, sprite”). Cognate to Urdu پَرِی (parī, “fairy, peri”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pa.ɾiː/, [pä.ɾiː]
  • Hyphenation: ޕަ‧ރީ

Noun[edit]

ޕަރީ • (parī) (plural ޕަރީތައް (parītak̊))

  1. fairy, sprite

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ޕަރީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 200
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