Peri
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈpɪə.ɹi/
Origin
From Persian پری.
Full definition of peri
Noun
peri
(plural peris)- (Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being; from Persian mythology and the folklore of neighboring nations.
- 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 473In 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 75The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.