प्रीति

See also: प्रति and प्रांत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रीति (prīti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾiː.t̪iː/

Noun

प्रीति • (prīti) f

1. 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

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰীতি (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬷᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• প্রীতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰱𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ပြီတိ (Burmese script)
• પ્રીતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦷꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರೀತಿ (Kannada script)
• ប្រីតិ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣີຕິ (Lao script)
• പ്രീതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡳᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠢᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧓𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐷𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରୀତି (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢷꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆵𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖱𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රීති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚯𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ப்ரீதி (Tamil script)
• ప్రీతి (Telugu script)
• ปฺรีติ (Thai script)
• པྲཱི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒲𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square 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). By surface analysis, प्री (prī) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

प्रीति • (prīti) stem, f (root प्री)

1. any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction
2. friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace, amity
3. 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 / प्रीती¹ prītyā / prītī¹	प्रीतिभ्याम् prītibhyām	प्रीतिभिः prītibhiḥ
Dative	प्रीतये / प्रीत्यै² / प्रीती¹ prītaye / prītyai² / prītī¹	प्रीतिभ्याम् prītibhyām	प्रीतिभ्यः prītibhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रीतेः / प्रीत्याः² / प्रीत्यै³ prīteḥ / prītyāḥ² / prītyai³	प्रीतिभ्याम् prītibhyām	प्रीतिभ्यः prītibhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रीतेः / प्रीत्याः² / प्रीत्यै³ prīteḥ / prītyāḥ² / prītyai³	प्रीत्योः prītyoḥ	प्रीतीनाम् prītīnām
Locative	प्रीतौ / प्रीत्याम्² / प्रीता¹ prītau / prītyām² / prītā¹	प्रीत्योः prītyoḥ	प्रीतिषु prītiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

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.