प्रिय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾɪj/

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *priHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic приꙗтєл҄ь (prijatelʹĭ, friend), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, friend), Old English frēond, frēo (whence English friend, free). Related to प्री (prī).

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Adjective

प्रिय (priyá)

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

References

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