Word history
Wiktionary records पुरी (purī) as a Sanskrit surname. The entry connects purī with pur, stronghold or fortress, and also records the place name Puri in Odisha. Monier-Williams gives fortress, castle or town as the literal sense. पुरी is the cited written surname word. The place-name overlap supplies context; a surname alone does not establish that an individual’s household originated in that city.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Sanskrit entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword purī, page 635, column 3, entry L126134.68
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
Place name
Puri, Odisha · पुरी.
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Sanskrit entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword purī, page 635, column 3, entry L126134.68
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