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pe⋅ri
[peer-ee] 
–noun, plural -ris.
| 1. | one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished. |
| 2. | any lovely, graceful person. |
Origin:
1770–80; < Pers perī, var. of parī fairy, MPers parīk, Avestan pairikā witch
1770–80; < Pers perī, var. of parī fairy, MPers parīk, Avestan pairikā witch
Pe⋅ri
[pe-ree] –noun
| Ja⋅co⋅po [yah-kaw-paw] , 1561–1633, Italian composer. |
peri-
| a prefix meaning “about” or “around” (perimeter, periscope), “enclosing” or “surrounding” (pericardium), and “near” (perigee, perihelion), appearing in loanwords from Greek (peripeteia); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (perimorph). |
Origin:
< Gk, prefixal use of perí (adv. and prep.)
< Gk, prefixal use of perí (adv. and prep.)
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| pe·ri (pîr'ē) n. pl. pe·ris In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy, earlier regarded as malevolent. [Persian parī, from Pahlavi parīk, malevolent sprite, from Avestan pairikā, a kind of female demon.] |
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Peri
Pe"ri\, n.; pl. Peris. [Per. per[=i] a female genus, a fairy.] (Persian Myth.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished. --Moore.
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Language Translation for : peri
Spanish:
duende, elfo,
German:
der Elf, *die Elfe,
Japanese:
小妖精
peri
1777, from Pers. pari, from Avestan pairika. Race of superhuman female beings originally represented as malevolent, later as angelic genii (cf. sense evolution of Eng. fairy, to which it is not related).
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| PERI Pharmaceutical Education and Research Institute |
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