प्रीत

Marathi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾit̪/, [pɾiːt̪]

Etymology 1

A reduction of प्रीति (prīti, “love”), from Sanskrit प्रीति (prīti, “love”).

Noun

प्रीत • (prīt) f

(poetic) love; very strong affection
माझिया प्रियाला प्रीत कळेना
mājhiyā priyālā prīt kaḷenā
My beloved doesn't understand love

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रीत (prīta).

Adjective

प्रीत • (prīt)

(rare) beloved
Synonym: प्रिय (priy)
(rare) pleased, gratified

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्रीत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “प्रीत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾiː.t̪ɐ/

Participle

प्रीत • (prīta) past passive participle (root प्री)

past passive participle of प्री (prī)

Adjective

प्रीत • (prītá) stem

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.
beloved, dear to

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रीत
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रीतः (prītáḥ)	प्रीतौ (prītaú) प्रीता¹ (prītā́¹)	प्रीताः (prītā́ḥ) प्रीतासः¹ (prītā́saḥ¹)
vocative	प्रीत (prī́ta)	प्रीतौ (prī́tau) प्रीता¹ (prī́tā¹)	प्रीताः (prī́tāḥ) प्रीतासः¹ (prī́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	प्रीतम् (prītám)	प्रीतौ (prītaú) प्रीता¹ (prītā́¹)	प्रीतान् (prītā́n)
instrumental	प्रीतेन (prīténa)	प्रीताभ्याम् (prītā́bhyām)	प्रीतैः (prītaíḥ) प्रीतेभिः¹ (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)

¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रीता
	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 (prītáyā) प्रीता¹ (prītā́¹)	प्रीताभ्याम् (prītā́bhyām)	प्रीताभिः (prītā́bhiḥ)
dative	प्रीतायै (prītā́yai)	प्रीताभ्याम् (prītā́bhyām)	प्रीताभ्यः (prītā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रीतायाः (prītā́yāḥ) प्रीतायै² (prītā́yai²)	प्रीताभ्याम् (prītā́bhyām)	प्रीताभ्यः (prītā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रीतायाः (prītā́yāḥ) प्रीतायै² (prītā́yai²)	प्रीतयोः (prītáyoḥ)	प्रीतानाम् (prītā́nām)
locative	प्रीतायाम् (prītā́yām)	प्रीतयोः (prītáyoḥ)	प्रीतासु (prītā́su)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of प्रीत
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रीतम् (prītám)	प्रीते (prīté)	प्रीतानि (prītā́ni) प्रीता¹ (prītā́¹)
vocative	प्रीत (prī́ta)	प्रीते (prī́te)	प्रीतानि (prī́tāni) प्रीता¹ (prī́tā¹)
accusative	प्रीतम् (prītám)	प्रीते (prīté)	प्रीतानि (prītā́ni) प्रीता¹ (prītā́¹)
instrumental	प्रीतेन (prīténa)	प्रीताभ्याम् (prītā́bhyām)	प्रीतैः (prītaíḥ) प्रीतेभिः¹ (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)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Gandhari: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨡 (prida)
→ Marathi: प्रीत (prīt)

References

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