Priya

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā). Doublet of Frigg (and variants).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Priya

  1. A female given name from India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________".
    • 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019.
  2. Hindu surname.
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