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4-letter words (2 found)

PUIR,PURI,

3-letter words (5 found)

PIR,PIU,PUR,RIP,URP,

2-letter words (3 found)

PI,UP,UR,

You can make 10 words from puri according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of puri

puri

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʊəɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpʊɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹi

Etymology 1

From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of fried flatbread.

Alternative forms

  • poori, puree

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊəɹiː/

Noun

puri (countable and uncountable, plural puris)

  1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
Related terms
  • bhelpuri

Etymology 2

From Balinese ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri), from Old Javanese purī (“palace, royal residence”), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), from ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”).

Noun

puri (plural puris)

  1. In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.

Anagrams

  • Piru, rupi

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese purī, from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Doublet of ᬧᬸᬭ (pura).

Noun

puri (Balinese script ᬧᬸᬭᬷ or ᬧᬸᬭᬶ)

  1. palace, royal residence

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: puri

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *purjëh, from Proto-Germanic *buriz. Cognate with Finnish purje and Votic purjõ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuri/, [ˈpuri]
  • Rhymes: -uri
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ri

Noun

puri (genitive purje, partitive purje)

  1. sail (a vertical surface made of fabric or the like, which, when attached to the mast, catches the wind and makes the sailboat, windsurfing board, etc. move with the force of the wind)
    Synonym: seil

Declension

Compounds

References

  • puri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “puri”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuri/, [ˈpuri]
  • Rhymes: -uri
  • Syllabification(key): pu‧ri
  • Hyphenation(key): pu‧ri

Verb

puri

  1. third-person singular past indicative of purra

Anagrams

  • piru, rupi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay puri, from Sanskrit पुर (pura). Doublet of pura.

  • Semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦸꦫꦶ (puri, “palace”) and Balinese ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri, “palace, temple”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pu.ri/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ri

Noun

puri (plural puri-puri)

  1. castle (fortified building)
    Synonym: kastel
  2. palace, royal residence
    Synonyms: istana, mahligai, keraton
  3. residential section of a palace
  4. (dialect) temple (Bali)
    Synonym: pura

Compounds

Further reading

  • “puri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ri/
  • Rhymes: -uri
  • Hyphenation: pù‧ri

Adjective

puri

  1. masculine plural of puro

Anagrams

  • rupi

Javanese

Romanization

puri

  1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦫꦶ

Latin

Noun

pūrī

  1. dative singular of pūs

Adjective

pūrī

  1. inflection of pūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

Noun

puri m

  1. (dialectal) nominative plural of purs
  2. (dialectal) vocative plural of purs

Malay

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पुरी (purī). Doublet of pura.

Noun

puri (Jawi spelling ڤوري, plural puri-puri)

  1. (obsolete) castle (fortified building)
    Synonyms: benteng, kota
  2. palace, royal residence
    Synonym: istana
  3. residential section of a palace
    1. (bahasa istana) room
      Synonym: bilik
Descendants
  • Indonesian: puri

Etymology 2

From English puree, from French purée, from Old French puree; feminine past participle of verb purer (“to make pure”), from Late Latin purare (same sense) from Classical Latin purus (“pure”).

Noun

puri (plural puri-puri)

  1. puree: a food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid.

Further reading

  • “puri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Noun

purī

  1. informal spelling of purī

Romani

Noun

puri

  1. alternative form of pori

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, “worship”) via Old Javanese or Malay puji. Compare Tausug pudji.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpuɾi/ [ˈpuː.ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾi
  • Syllabification: pu‧ri

Noun

puri (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒ)

  1. praise; honor; compliment
    Synonym: dangal

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “puri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org