प्री

See also: पुरी and पूरी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• প্রী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပြီ (Burmese script)
• પ્રી (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
• ប្រី (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
• പ്രീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• ப்ரீ (Tamil script)
• ప్రీ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรี (Thai script)
• པྲཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾiː/

Adjective

प्री • (prī) stem (root प्री)

1. (at the end of a compound) loving, delighting [in], pleasing [in], lover [of], enjoying

   घृत (ghṛta, “ghee”) + -प्री (-prī) → घृतप्री (ghṛtaprī, “enjoying ghee”)

Declension

Masculine ī-stem declension of प्री (prī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रीः prīḥ	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Vocative	प्रीः prīḥ	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Accusative	प्रियम् priyam	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Instrumental	प्रिया priyā	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभिः prībhiḥ
Dative	प्रिये / प्रियै¹ priye / priyai¹	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभ्यः prībhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रियः / प्रियाः¹ / प्रियै² priyaḥ / priyāḥ¹ / priyai²	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभ्यः prībhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रियः / प्रियाः¹ / प्रियै² priyaḥ / priyāḥ¹ / priyai²	प्रियोः priyoḥ	प्रियाम् / प्रीणाम्¹ priyām / prīṇām¹
Locative	प्रियि / प्रियाम्¹ priyi / priyām¹	प्रियोः priyoḥ	प्रीषु prīṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

Feminine ī-stem declension of प्री (prī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रीः prīḥ	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Vocative	प्रीः prīḥ	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Accusative	प्रियम् priyam	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Instrumental	प्रिया priyā	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभिः prībhiḥ
Dative	प्रिये / प्रियै¹ priye / priyai¹	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभ्यः prībhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रियः / प्रियाः¹ / प्रियै² priyaḥ / priyāḥ¹ / priyai²	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभ्यः prībhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रियः / प्रियाः¹ / प्रियै² priyaḥ / priyāḥ¹ / priyai²	प्रियोः priyoḥ	प्रियाम् / प्रीणाम्¹ priyām / prīṇām¹
Locative	प्रियि / प्रियाम्¹ priyi / priyām¹	प्रियोः priyoḥ	प्रीषु prīṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter ī-stem declension of प्री (prī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रीः prīḥ	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Vocative	प्रीः prīḥ	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Accusative	प्रियम् priyam	प्रियौ priyau	प्रियः priyaḥ
Instrumental	प्रिया priyā	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभिः prībhiḥ
Dative	प्रिये / प्रियै¹ priye / priyai¹	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभ्यः prībhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रियः / प्रियाः¹ / प्रियै² priyaḥ / priyāḥ¹ / priyai²	प्रीभ्याम् prībhyām	प्रीभ्यः prībhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रियः / प्रियाः¹ / प्रियै² priyaḥ / priyāḥ¹ / priyai²	प्रियोः priyoḥ	प्रियाम् / प्रीणाम्¹ priyām / prīṇām¹
Locative	प्रियि / प्रियाम्¹ priyi / priyām¹	प्रियोः priyoḥ	प्रीषु prīṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

Root

प्री • (prī)

1. to please, gladden, delight, gratify, cheer, comfort
2. (transitive) to like, to love, to adore

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्री (0 c, 8 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root प्री (9 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• प्रीणाति (prīṇā́ti, Present)
• प्रीणीते (prīṇīté, Present)
• प्रेष्यति (preṣyáti, Future)
• प्रेता (pretā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अप्रैषीत् (ápraiṣīt, Aorist)
• प्रीयात् (prīyāt, Benedictive)
• पिप्रिये (pipriyé, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• प्रीयते (prīyate, Passive)
• प्रीणयति (prīṇayati, Causative)
• प्रापयति (prāpayati, Causative)
• प्राययति (prāyayati, Causative)
• पिप्रीषति (píprīṣati, Desiderative)
• पेप्रीयते (peprīyate, Intensive)
• पेप्रयीति (peprayīti, Intensive)
• पेप्रेति (pepreti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• प्रीत (prītá, Past Participle)
• प्रीत्वा (prītvā, Gerund)
• पिप्रीषु (piprīṣu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• प्री (prī)
• प्रिय (priya)
• प्रयस् (prayas)
• प्रीति (prīti)
• प्रेतृ (pretṛ́)
• प्रेणि (preṇí)
• प्रेमन् (premán)
• प्रेयस् (préyas)
• प्रेष्ठ (préṣṭha)
• पिप्रीषा (piprīṣā)
• प्रीणन (prīṇana)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root प्री (9 c, 0 e)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 709.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 102
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “prī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्री”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1137
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 188