As a Hindi name
पूरी · noun · feminine
एक प्रकार का प्रसिद्ध पकवान जिसे साधारण रोटी आदि की तरह महीन बेलकर खौलते घी में छान लेते हैं · मृदंग, तबले, ढोल आदि के मुँह पर मढ़ा हुआ गोल चमड़ा · घास, ज्वार आदि की पूली — Śabdasāgara
पूरी · adj
स्त्री॰ [हिं॰] 'पूरा' शब्द का स्त्रीलिंग रूप । (मुहवरों आदि के लिये दे॰ 'पूरा' ।) — Śabdasāgara
पूरी · pūrī · s.f.
A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 280
पूरी · pūrī · s.f.
= pūrā-pan, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 280
पूरी · feminine
puri, poori (type of Indian bread similar to roti)
पूरा
whole; entire; complete; fulfilled
Cited formation "पूरी" is पूर + -ई: पूर means "City, town, &c. = pura, pur, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पूरी" is पूरना + -ई: पूरना means "To fill, complete", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit पूर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-Iranian *praH- Sanskrit पॄ (pṝ) Sanskrit पूर (pūra) Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭 (pūra) Hindi पूरी Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭 (pūra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit पूर (pūra, “cake”). Compare Sanskrit पूरिका (pūrikā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pūra mfn. (√ pṝ, Caus.) filling, making full (cf. pāṇi-)
fulfilling, satisfying (cf. kāma-)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit पूरक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit पूरय (pūraya, “filling”), from Sanskrit पूरक (pūraka, “filling”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Related to Old High German foll, Old Norse fullr (from whence Norwegian and Swedish full and Danish fuld), German voll, Dutch vol, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pūraka mfn. filling, completing, fulfilling, satisfying (ifc. or with gen.; cf. Pāṇ. ii, 3, 70, Kāś.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
pūraka m. flood, stream, effusion, BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a woman
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pūrī" is the nominative of "pūrin" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
pūrī f. N. of a woman, Cat.
pūrin mfn. filling, making full (ifc.), MBh.
Alternative readings
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