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پری
/ pari /
noun · fairy, beautiful person
Meaning
معنی۱
The pari is older than Islam in Iran. In Avestan texts the pairikās were ambiguous spirits, sometimes harmful, sometimes seductive. Persian poetry softened them into pure beauty. The shift is one example of how classical poets reshaped pre-Islamic mythology into the imagery of love.
In a sentence
مثالچه پریای
che pari-yi
What a beauty
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
پریpari
keeps company with ۴ words