purree

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊɹi/, /ˈpʌɹi/

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

purree (uncountable)

1. (archaic) A substance used in making the pigment Indian yellow.

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

purree (plural purrees)

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

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯔꯤ (pari)

purree

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpurːeː/, [ˈpurːe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -urːeː
• Syllabification^(key): pur‧ree
• Hyphenation^(key): pur‧ree

purree

1. third-person singular present potential of purra