प्रिय

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रिय (priya).

Adjective

प्रिय • (priya) (Urdu spelling پریہ‎)

  1. dear
  2. favorite
  3. loving
  4. pleasant
  5. comfortable

Noun

प्रिय • (priya) m (Urdu spelling پریہ‎)

  1. dear
  2. sweetheart

Sanskrit

Etymology

From प्री (prī) Proto-Indo-European *priHo- (“dear”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic приꙗтєл҄ь (prijatelʹĭ, “friend”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”) and Old English frēond, frēo (English friend, free).

Pronunciation

Adjective

प्रिय • (priyá)

  1. dear
  2. favorite
  3. loving
  4. pleasant
  5. comfortable

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 709
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