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puri¹

  • /ˈpʊəɹiː/
  • /ˈpʊəɹi/ UK
  • /ˈpʊɹi/ US

Rhymes with -ʊəɹi

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पूरी (pūrī) / Urdu پُورِی (pūrī)), a kind of fried flatbread.

noun puris · poori · puree

  1. countable, uncountable A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried. No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)

puri²

  • /ˈpʊəɹi/ UK
  • /ˈpʊɹi/ US

Rhymes with -ʊəɹi

Where it comes from

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

noun puris

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

Puri³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Odia ପୁରୀ (puri), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”). Doublet of puri and polis.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Punjabi
  2. A holy city in Odisha, India (the capital of Kalinga, noted for the adoration of Jagannath or Krishna) (IW., 244 n. 1). As to the local rulers of Eastern Orissa this Chinese traveller does not give us vmj definite information; we only learn that the district of Puri which then obtained the name Kongada was under Brahminic influence and the rest of the eastern tract in the north, then designated as Ucha or Ukkala, was
  3. A district of Odisha, India, in which the holy city is based.

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noun bread

हिन्दीपूरी pūrī

name city

हिन्दीपुरी purī

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@misc{puri_2026,
  title = {puri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}