ویری

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀺 (vēri), from Sanskrit वैरिन् (vairin). By surface analysis, وَیر (vair, “enmity; hostility”) +‎ ی (y).

Cognates

Cognates include Saraiki ویری (verī), Sindhi ويري (verī) and Gujarati વૈરી (vairī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋɛː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: وَے‧ری

Noun

وَیری • (vairī) m (feminine وَیرَݨ, Gurmukhi spelling ਵੈਰੀ)

1. enemy; foe; adversary

   Synonym: دُشْمَݨ (duśmaṇ)

Declension

Declension of ویری

	singular	plural
direct	وَیری (vairī)	وَیری (vairī)
oblique	وَیری (vairī)	وَیرِیاں (vairīyāṉ)
vocative	وَیرِیا (vairīyā)	وَیرِیو (vairīv)
ablative	وَیرِیوں (vairīvṉ)	وَیرِیاں (vairīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وَیری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ویری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਵੈਰੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vairī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press