puri

or poo·ri

[ poor-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural pu·ris.

a light, unleavened whole wheat flatbread from South Asia that puffs up like a round ball when it is deep-fried.

Puri

[ poor-ee, poo-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a seaport in E Odisha, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal: temple of Krishna; Hindu pilgrimage center.

Puri

/ pʊəˈriː; ˈpʊəriː /

a port in E India, in Odisha (formerly Orissa) on the Bay of Bengal: 12th-century temple of Jagannath. Pop: 157 610 (2001)

Origin of puri¹

First recorded in 1830–35; from Hindi pūrī, akin to Sanskrit piparti “(he) fills, nourishes” and pūrṇa- “full”

They repeated this so often that before long they were known all over England as the Puri-tans.

A local magistrate once arrived for an interview at the seaside hermitage in Puri.

I had just arrived in Puri 15-1 to spend my college summer vacation with my guru at his seaside hermitage.

"Please send someone to take charge of our ashram at Puri," Sri Yukteswar went on.

As I stood on the Puri train platform the following morning, still hoping against hope, an unknown man approached me.

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