Surname · Tamil
பூரி
“city, fortress, stronghold”
பூரி (pūri) is a surname from Odia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Tamil.
TamilWritten in Tamil script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
பூரி goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-, meaning “city, fortress, stronghold.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
பூரி comes from Odia, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Tamil usage, பூரி as a surname developed from पुरी.
பூரி’s family of names
In Tamil usage, பூரி as a surname developed from पुरी.
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