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porī

masc nom sg of porī (adj); masc nom pl of porī (adj); fem nom sg of porī (adj); nt nom pl of porī (adj); …

1. urbane; polite; polished; refined; lit. belonging to the city

Built from

• por — root · city
  From pura; related to Sanskrit pura and Greek polis. The concrete sense is a place of gathering and passage.
• ī — ending · of, belonging to
  Adjective-forming suffix that attaches to nouns to create adjectives meaning 'of the nature of' or 'pertaining to'. Here it marks the nominative form across multiple genders and numbers.

Etymology. From pura 'city' (cognate with Sanskrit pura, Greek polis 'city-state', Latin polis in compounds; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- 'to go through, traverse', the idea being a place where people traverse and gather). The suffix -ī forms adjectives meaning 'belonging to' or 'of the nature of', hence porī 'of or belonging to the city', whence 'civilized, refined'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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