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Peri

Peri \Pe"ri\, n.; pl. Peris. [Per. per[=i] a female genus, a fairy.] (Persian Myth.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.
--Moore.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
peri

1777, from Persian pari, from Avestan pairika. Race of superhuman female beings originally represented as malevolent, later as angelic genii (compare sense evolution of English fairy, to which it is not related).

Wiktionary
peri

n. (context Persian mythology English) A sprite or supernatural being; ''from Persian mythology and the folklore of neighboring nations''.

WordNet
peri
  1. n. a beautiful and graceful girl

  2. (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done

Wikipedia
PERI

With a turnover of EUR 1,300 million in 2015, PERI is today one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of formwork and scaffolding systems. Central functions, development and production facilities are located in Weissenhorn,Germany since the founding of the company in 1969. Through its 7,700 employees, over 61 subsidiaries and 110 storage sites, PERI sells system equipment and services related to formwork and scaffolding technology.

Peri (disambiguation)

A peri is a fairy-like creature in Middle Eastern and Asian mythology.

Peri may also refer to:

Arts
  • La Péri (Burgmüller), a ballet by Friedrich Burgmüller, Jean Coralli, and Théophile Gautier, first performed in 1843
  • La Péri (Dukas), a ballet by Paul Dukas and Ivan Clustine, first performed in 1912
Business
  • Great Wall Peri, a car made by Chinese company Great Wall Motor
  • PERI, one of the leading providers of formwork and scaffolding systems
Education
  • Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Language
  • Peri, a dialect of the Kalanga language, a Bantu language spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe
  • "peri", a colloquial term in the United Kingdom for a peripatetic teacher
Military
  • USS Peri (1861), a Union Navy ship of the American Civil War
Names
  • Peri (name), a surname and a given name
Places
  • Peri, Corse-du-Sud, a commune on Corsica, France
  • Peri, Estonia, a village
  • Peri, a village in Husnicioara Commune, Mehedinţi, Romania
Politics
  • Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente, acronym PERI, a Uruguayan green party
Science
  • Peri (substitution), a kind of naphthene ring modification peculiar to the naphthalene sub-type of napthenes in molecular physics and chemistry
Peri (name)

Peri is a given name and surname in various cultures.

Usage examples of "peri".

Peri floating easefully out of some far-off sphere of sky-wonders,--an aerial Maiden-Shape glided into the full lustre of the varying light,--a dancer, nude save for the pearly glistening veil that was carelessly cast about her dainty limbs, her white arms and delicate ankles being adorned with circlets of tiny, golden bells, which kept up a melodious jinglejangle as she moved.

Peri, Caccini and Cavaliere appears to be a striking phenomenon in the growth of music, and we are easily induced to believe that this new species burst upon the artistic firmament like a meteor.

Kaarsten had gazed at pictures of the bodies of Jody and Peri Lynn on the corkboard in front of the courtroom through most of the trial and had never shown a trace of emotion.

There are the episodes of Ulysses and Calypso, Ulysses and Circe, Numa and Egeria, Rinaldo and Armida, Prince Ahmed and Peri Banou.

Now and then, as Peri passed them, she heard a brief mention of magic, of wizardry, followed by a sudden silence, as if they were all envisioning, over their beers, the wondrous, powerful mage whom Enin and Tull were at that very moment enticing out of the city.

Peri was sure Maco would sample the wares before allowing his inferior brother anywhere near them.

Perhaps the women on this very trip had been invited with that in mind -- although Peri was sure Maco would sample the wares before allowing his inferior brother anywhere near them.

She and Peris had figured out how to trick the house minder back when they were twelve, when the three-month difference in their ages seemed like it would never matter.

One time it had pulled loose from the tree, and both she and Peris had swung downward, then up and out over the middle of the river before falling off, tumbling into the cold water.

In their expeditions, Tally and Peris had always stuck to the waterfront, where vegetation and the dark backdrop of Uglyville made it easy to hide.

Brand-new pretties like Peris always lived where the fun was most frantic.

But she and Peris had always been very careful about not getting caught on these expeditions.

This was farther than she and Peris had ever been together, and as far as her planning had taken her.

She wanted to stay and clean Peris up, make sure he looked perfect for the party.

It was later than she and Peris had ever stayed over in New Pretty Town.