प्रीत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰীত (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• প্রীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ပြီတ (Burmese script)
• પ્રીત (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರೀತ (Kannada script)
• ប្រីត (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣີຕ (Lao script)
• പ്രീത (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• ப்ரீத (Tamil script)
• ప్రీత (Telugu script)
• ปฺรีต (Thai script)
• པྲཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHtás (“pleased, favoured”), from Proto-Indo-European *priH-tó-s, from *preyH- (“to please”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬀 (frita, “favoured”). Equivalent to प्री (prī) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾiː.tɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

प्रीत • (prītá) stem

1. pleased, delighted, satisfied, joyful (also with locative or genitive or instrumental of the subject or in compounds)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.69.5:

     पुत्रो न जातो रण्वो दुरोणे वाजी न प्रीतो विशो वि तारीत् ॥

     putro na jāto raṇvo duroṇe vājī na prīto viśo vi tārīt.

     Born in the dwelling like a lovely son, pleased, like a strong steed, he (Agni) bears on the folk.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.6.2.3:

     वाचा मेन्द्रियेणाविश वसन्तमृतूनां प्रीणामि स मा प्रीतः प्रीणातु
     ग्रीष्ममृतूनां प्रीणामि स मा प्रीतः प्रीणातु
     वर्षा ऋतूनां प्रीणामि ता मा प्रीताः प्रीणन्तु
     शरदमृतूनां प्रीणामि सा मा प्रीता प्रीणातु
     हेमन्तशिशिरावृतूनां प्रीणामि तौ मा प्रीतौ प्रीणीतामग्नीषोमयोरहं देवयज्यया चक्षुष्मां भूयासमग्नेरहं देवयज्ययाऽन्नादो भूयासम् ॥

     vācā mendriyeṇāviśa vasantamṛtūnāṃ prīṇāmi sa mā prītaḥ prīṇātu
     grīṣmamṛtūnāṃ prīṇāmi sa mā prītaḥ prīṇātu
     varṣā ṛtūnāṃ prīṇāmi tā mā prītāḥ prīṇantu
     śaradamṛtūnāṃ prīṇāmi sā mā prītā prīṇātu
     hemantaśiśirāvṛtūnāṃ prīṇāmi tau mā prītau prīṇītāmagnīṣomayorahaṃ devayajyayā cakṣuṣmāṃ bhūyāsamagnerahaṃ devayajyayāʼnnādo bhūyāsam.

     Do thou enter me with speech, with power of senses. Of all the seasons, spring I delight; delighted, may it delight me.
     Of the all seasons summer I delight; delighted, may it delight me.
     Of all the seasons the rains I delight; delighted, may they delight me.
     Of the all seasons the autumn I delight; delighted, may it delight me.
     Of the seasons the winter and the cool I delight; delighted, may they two delight me.
     By obeisance to the gods, Agni and Soma, may I be possessed of sight. By obeisance to the god Agni, may I be an eater of food.

2. beloved, dear to

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रीत (prītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रीतः prītáḥ	प्रीतौ / प्रीता¹ prītaú / prītā́¹	प्रीताः / प्रीतासः¹ prītā́ḥ / prītā́saḥ¹
Vocative	प्रीत prī́ta	प्रीतौ / प्रीता¹ prī́tau / prī́tā¹	प्रीताः / प्रीतासः¹ prī́tāḥ / prī́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	प्रीतम् prītám	प्रीतौ / प्रीता¹ prītaú / prītā́¹	प्रीतान् prītā́n
Instrumental	प्रीतेन prīténa	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीतैः / प्रीतेभिः¹ prītaíḥ / prītébhiḥ¹
Dative	प्रीताय prītā́ya	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीतेभ्यः prītébhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रीतात् prītā́t	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीतेभ्यः prītébhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रीतस्य prītásya	प्रीतयोः prītáyoḥ	प्रीतानाम् prītā́nām
Locative	प्रीते prīté	प्रीतयोः prītáyoḥ	प्रीतेषु prītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रीता (prītā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रीता prītā́	प्रीते prīté	प्रीताः prītā́ḥ
Vocative	प्रीते prī́te	प्रीते prī́te	प्रीताः prī́tāḥ
Accusative	प्रीताम् prītā́m	प्रीते prīté	प्रीताः prītā́ḥ
Instrumental	प्रीतया / प्रीता¹ prītáyā / prītā́¹	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीताभिः prītā́bhiḥ
Dative	प्रीतायै prītā́yai	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीताभ्यः prītā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रीतायाः / प्रीतायै² prītā́yāḥ / prītā́yai²	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीताभ्यः prītā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रीतायाः / प्रीतायै² prītā́yāḥ / prītā́yai²	प्रीतयोः prītáyoḥ	प्रीतानाम् prītā́nām
Locative	प्रीतायाम् prītā́yām	प्रीतयोः prītáyoḥ	प्रीतासु prītā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of प्रीत (prītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रीतम् prītám	प्रीते prīté	प्रीतानि / प्रीता¹ prītā́ni / prītā́¹
Vocative	प्रीत prī́ta	प्रीते prī́te	प्रीतानि / प्रीता¹ prī́tāni / prī́tā¹
Accusative	प्रीतम् prītám	प्रीते prīté	प्रीतानि / प्रीता¹ prītā́ni / prītā́¹
Instrumental	प्रीतेन prīténa	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीतैः / प्रीतेभिः¹ prītaíḥ / prītébhiḥ¹
Dative	प्रीताय prītā́ya	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीतेभ्यः prītébhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रीतात् prītā́t	प्रीताभ्याम् prītā́bhyām	प्रीतेभ्यः prītébhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रीतस्य prītásya	प्रीतयोः prītáyoḥ	प्रीतानाम् prītā́nām
Locative	प्रीते prīté	प्रीतयोः prītáyoḥ	प्रीतेषु prītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Gandhari: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨡 (prida)

References

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