peri
/ˈpɪəri
/noun (plural peris)
(In Persian mythology) a mythical superhuman being, originally represented as evil but subsequently as a good or graceful genie or fairy.Her androgynous form traverses his art as Desdemona and Jason, Leda and Apollo, St Sebastian and Delilah, a dead poet and a peri, Helen of Troy and Ganymede, Jacob's angel and a Eumenide on the track of Orestes....
- The angels, or peris, on the floorspread, very distinctive in style, are unusual motifs to find on an embroidery.
Origin
From Persian perī.