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Pari
परीSay it PUH-ree
- Meaning
- A fairy; figuratively, a beautiful woman Platts, p. 258
- Say it
- PUH-ree
- Written
- परी
- Other spellings
- Paree
Pari
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Pari meaning
Pari (परी) is a Hindu and Muslim girl's name of Persian origin.
A fairy; figuratively, a beautiful woman
Pari (परी) is Persian parī, a fairy, a word long at home in Hindi and Urdu. Platts marks it as Persian and adds the figurative sense of a beautiful woman. Its family of compounds shows how closely the word is tied to beauty: parī-zād, "fairy-born", means lovely or a beauty, parī-chehra and parī-rū, "fairy-faced", mean beautiful or angelic, and paristān is fairyland. Name lists give Pari as "fairy", in line with the dictionary, and the name is used by Hindu and Muslim families alike. Despite the spelling, it is unrelated to the Sanskrit prefix pari-, "around", found in words such as parikramā, walking around a shrine.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 258 · entry parī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, parī (P), p. 258
Fits your syllable
First sound प
Uttara Phalguni nakshatra, pada 3 · Kanya rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is पा, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Pari · Paree