Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purree

/ˈpʊɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: purree
IPA: /ˈpʊɹi/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A substance obtained from cow urine and used in making the pigment Indian yellow.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

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

noun

A measure of land said to be equivalent to about 3 acres.

Indian usage

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

piuri (alternative) pioury (alternative) purrees (plural) pari (alternative)

Homonyms

puri

Questions

How do you pronounce purree?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʊɹi/.
What does purree mean?: A substance obtained from cow urine and used in making the pigment Indian yellow.
Where does purree come from?: Borrowed from Hindi पेवड़ी (pevṛī, “yellow chalk; a yellow dye”) or from the variant पियूड़ी (piyūṛī).

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