प्रीति

See also: प्रति and प्रांत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रीति (prīti).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾiː.t̪iː/

Noun

प्रीति • (prīti) f

affection (a feeling of strong love or attachment)

Declension

Declension of प्रीति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रीति prīti	प्रीतियाँ prītiyā̃
oblique	प्रीति prīti	प्रीतियों prītiyõ
vocative	प्रीति prīti	प्रीतियो prītiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬧ᭄ᬭᬷᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
প্ৰীতি (Assamese script)
প্রীতি (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰱𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
પ્રીતિ (Gujarati script)
ਪੑਰੀਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦥꦿꦷꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
ប្រីតិ (Khmer script)
ಪ್ರೀತಿ (Kannada script)
ປ຺ຣີຕິ (Lao script)
പ്രീതി (Malayalam script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᢈᢈᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᢒᡵᡳᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
ပြီတိ (Burmese script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧓𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐷𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରୀତି (Oriya script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢷꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆵𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖱𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ප්රීති (Sinhalese script)
ప్రీతి (Telugu script)
ปฺรีติ (Thai script)
པྲཱི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒲𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHtíš (“pleasurable sensation”), from Proto-Indo-European *préyH-ti-s ~ *priH-téy-s, from *preyH- (“to please”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (friti, “prayer”), Sogdian [script needed] (brīti).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾiː.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾiː.t̪i/

Noun

प्रीति • (prīti) f

any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction
friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace, amity
affection, love

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of प्रीति (prīti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रीतिः prītiḥ	प्रीती prītī	प्रीतयः prītayaḥ
Vocative	प्रीते prīte	प्रीती prītī	प्रीतयः prītayaḥ
Accusative	प्रीतिम् prītim	प्रीती prītī	प्रीतीः prītīḥ
Instrumental	प्रीत्या prītyā	प्रीतिभ्याम् prītibhyām	प्रीतिभिः prītibhiḥ
Dative	प्रीतये / प्रीत्ये¹ / प्रीत्यै² prītaye / prītye¹ / prītyai²	प्रीतिभ्याम् prītibhyām	प्रीतिभ्यः prītibhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रीतेः / प्रीत्याः² prīteḥ / prītyāḥ²	प्रीतिभ्याम् prītibhyām	प्रीतिभ्यः prītibhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रीतेः / प्रीत्याः² prīteḥ / prītyāḥ²	प्रीत्योः prītyoḥ	प्रीतीनाम् prītīnām
Locative	प्रीतौ / प्रीत्याम्² prītau / prītyām²	प्रीत्योः prītyoḥ	प्रीतिषु prītiṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨟𐨁‎ (priti), 𑀧𑀻𑀢𑀻 (pītī), 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀺 (piti)
- Gandhari: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨡𐨁‎ (pridi)
Pali: pīti
- → Burmese: ပီတိ (piti.)
- → Khmer: បីតិ (pəyteʼ)
- → Shan: ပီႇတီႉ (pìi tḭ̂i)
- → Thai: ปิติ (bpì-dtì)
→ Kannada: ಪ್ರೀತಿ (prīti)
→ Tamil: பிரீதி (pirīti)
→ Telugu: ప్రీతి (prīti)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “प्रीति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 711.

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