प्री
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)
- (at the end of a compound) loving, delighting [in], pleasing [in], lover [of], enjoying
- घृत (ghṛta, “ghee”) + -प्री (-prī) → घृतप्री (ghṛtaprī, “enjoying ghee”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्रीः (prīḥ) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
| accusative | प्रियम् (priyam) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
| instrumental | प्रिया (priyā) | प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभिः (prībhiḥ) |
| dative | प्रिये (priye) प्रियै¹ (priyai¹) |
प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभ्यः (prībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्रियः (priyaḥ) प्रियाः¹ (priyāḥ¹) प्रियै² (priyai²) |
प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभ्यः (prībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्रियः (priyaḥ) प्रियाः¹ (priyāḥ¹) प्रियै² (priyai²) |
प्रियोः (priyoḥ) | प्रियाम् (priyām) प्रीणाम्¹ (prīṇām¹) |
| locative | प्रियि (priyi) प्रियाम्¹ (priyām¹) |
प्रियोः (priyoḥ) | प्रीषु (prīṣu) |
| vocative | प्रीः (prīḥ) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्रीः (prīḥ) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
| accusative | प्रियम् (priyam) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
| instrumental | प्रिया (priyā) | प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभिः (prībhiḥ) |
| dative | प्रिये (priye) प्रियै¹ (priyai¹) |
प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभ्यः (prībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्रियः (priyaḥ) प्रियाः¹ (priyāḥ¹) प्रियै² (priyai²) |
प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभ्यः (prībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्रियः (priyaḥ) प्रियाः¹ (priyāḥ¹) प्रियै² (priyai²) |
प्रियोः (priyoḥ) | प्रियाम् (priyām) प्रीणाम्¹ (prīṇām¹) |
| locative | प्रियि (priyi) प्रियाम्¹ (priyām¹) |
प्रियोः (priyoḥ) | प्रीषु (prīṣu) |
| vocative | प्रीः (prīḥ) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्रीः (prīḥ) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
| accusative | प्रियम् (priyam) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
| instrumental | प्रिया (priyā) | प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभिः (prībhiḥ) |
| dative | प्रिये (priye) प्रियै¹ (priyai¹) |
प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभ्यः (prībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्रियः (priyaḥ) प्रियाः¹ (priyāḥ¹) प्रियै² (priyai²) |
प्रीभ्याम् (prībhyām) | प्रीभ्यः (prībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्रियः (priyaḥ) प्रियाः¹ (priyāḥ¹) प्रियै² (priyai²) |
प्रियोः (priyoḥ) | प्रियाम् (priyām) प्रीणाम्¹ (prīṇām¹) |
| locative | प्रियि (priyi) प्रियाम्¹ (priyām¹) |
प्रियोः (priyoḥ) | प्रीषु (prīṣu) |
| vocative | प्रीः (prīḥ) | प्रियौ (priyau) | प्रियः (priyaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Root
प्री • (prī)
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
- Non-Finite Forms
- प्रीत (prītá) (Past Participle)
- प्रीत्वा (prītvā) (Gerund)
- पिप्रीषु (piprīṣu) (Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
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 (2010–2025) “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