प्रीणाति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *prináHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *prináHti, from Proto-Indo-European *pri-néH-ti (nasal infix athematic present), from *preyH- (to like; love). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬁𐬟𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (āfrīnaiti), Old English frēoġan (to love), English free and friend.

Pronunciation

Verb

प्रीणाति (prīṇā́ti) (root प्री, class 9, type P)[1]

  1. to please, gladden, delight, gratify, cheer, comfort, soothe, propitiate

References

  1. Monier Williams (1899), प्रीणाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 710.
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