name
Meaning 1
A surname from Punjabi
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Standard Lemma guide
puri
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/ˈpʊəɹiː/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpʊəɹi/
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General-American: /ˈpʊɹi/
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rhymes with -ʊəɹi
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CMU ARPABET: P UH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A holy city in Odisha, India (the capital of Kalinga, noted for the adoration of Jagannath or Krishna) (IW., 244 n. 1).
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name
Meaning 3
A district of Odisha, India, in which the holy city is based.
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noun
Meaning 4
A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Odia ପୁରୀ (puri), 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.
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.
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.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: পুরী (puri) — city
- Hindi: पुरी (purī) — city
- Odia: ପୁରୀ (puri) — city
- Tamil: பூரி (pūri) — city
- Tamil: புரி (puri) — city
- Telugu: పూరీ (pūrī) — city
- Urdu: پُرِی (purī) — city
- Gujarati: પુરી (purī) — bread
- Gujarati: પૂરી (pūrī) — bread
- Hindi: पूरी (pūrī) — bread
- Punjabi: ਪੂਰੀ (pūrī) — bread
- Tamil: பூரி (pūri) — bread
- Telugu: పూరీ (pūrī) — bread