So the peris sent a splendid embassy to him, and so did the Divs.
peris, in Persian story fairies, descended from the fallen angels.
Dancing and singing, this bevy of peris traverses the principal streets of Stambul.
This maiden, said she, was my favourite of all the peris that once attended me.
And up an avenue of giant plane trees the peris led him, dumb with amazement.
She had dreamt that she swam across the river enticed by the singing of the peris.
Among the peris of his earthly paradise he was passionate and gallant.
The peris or Fairies of these stories have nothing distinctive about them.
Rustem, however, is the great hero of Persian romance, and the greatest defender of the peris.
And up an avenue of giant place trees the peris led him, dumb with amazement.
1777, from Persian pari, from Avestan pairika. Race of superhuman female beings originally represented as malevolent, later as angelic genii (cf. sense evolution of English fairy, to which it is not related).