英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈpʊɹi/, /ˈpʌɹi/

語源 1

Borrowed from Hindi पेवड़ी (pevṛī, “yellow chalk; a yellow dye”) or from the variant पियूड़ी (piyūṛī).

名詞

purree (uncountable)

1. (archaic) A substance obtained from cow urine and used in making the pigment Indian yellow.

参照

• “purree”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

語源 2

名詞

purree (plural purrees)

1. Alternative form of peri (“supernatural being in Persian and Indian folklore”).

語源 3

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯔꯤ (pari)

別の表記

• pari

名詞

purree (plural purrees)

1. (India) A measure of land said to be equivalent to about 3 acres.