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pe⋅ri

  [peer-ee]
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–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
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Pe⋅ri

  [pe-ree]
–noun
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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