ペリ
解説 Definition
ペルシャの神話や文学に登場する超自然的な精霊。古い伝承では楽園から退けられた存在として描かれることがあり、後世には美しく善良な、妖精に似た存在として描かれることが多い語です。
In Persian mythology and related literary traditions, a peri is a beautiful supernatural being, originally portrayed as a fallen or excluded spirit but later commonly represented as a graceful, benevolent fairy-like creature.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
peri は中東の伝承に登場する精霊・妖精を指し、ペルシャ語 pari から英語に入った名詞です。英語の接頭辞 peri-「周囲の」とは由来も意味も別なので注意しましょう。物語では a beautiful peri「美しいペリ」のように現れ、fairy に近くても、ペルシャ神話という文化的背景を含む語だと結び付けて覚えます。
Remember peri as the name of a particular supernatural being from Persian tradition, not as the English combining form peri- meaning “around.” A peri is often imagined in later stories as beautiful, graceful, and fairy-like, although older traditions could present peris as fallen spirits seeking acceptance. Connect the word with a fantasy scene containing a peri and a jinn: both come from Middle Eastern traditions, but they are not the same kind of being. This cultural setting makes the noun easier to distinguish from ordinary fairy and from scientific words beginning with peri-.
peri の類義語・関連語
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peri の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源はペルシャ語のpariで、元々は罪を犯して墜落した精霊を指しました。後に容姿の美しさが強調され、善良で魅惑的な妖精へと意味が転じました。英語ではこの神話的変遷を経て名詞として借用され、「jinn（ジン）」と並び称される中東由来の幻想生物です。
English peri was borrowed from Persian pari, the name of a supernatural spirit in Persian mythology and literature. Earlier religious traditions could depict such beings as fallen or excluded from paradise, while later Persian poetry and folklore increasingly emphasized their extraordinary beauty and benevolent, fairy-like character. The English spelling peri reflects a borrowed form of the name. It is unrelated to the Greek-derived combining form peri-, meaning “around,” found in words such as perimeter.
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