# प्रिय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रिय (priya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾɪ.jᵊ/, [pɾi.jᵊ]

### Adjective

प्रिय • (priya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پریہ)
* dear
* favorite
* loving
* pleasant
* comfortable

### Noun

प्रिय • (priya) m (Urdu spelling پریہ)
* dear
* sweetheart

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰিয় (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬶᬬ (Balinese script)
* প্রিয় (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰰𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀺𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ပြိယ (Burmese script)
* પ્રિય (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਿਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦶꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂱𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರಿಯ (Kannada script)
* ប្រិយ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣິຍ (Lao script)
* പ്രിയ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᡳᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘱𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠢᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧒𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐶𑐫 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରିଯ (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢶꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆴𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖰𑖧 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රිය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚮𑚣 (Takri script)
* ப்ரிய (Tamil script)
* ప్రియ (Telugu script)
* ปฺริย (Thai script)
* པྲི་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒱𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHás (“dear, beloved”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, liked, beloved”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia), Latin prō-prius (→ English proper, appropriate), Russian приятель (prijatelʹ, “friend”), English friend and free.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɾi.jɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɾi.jɐ/

### Adjective

प्रिय • (priyá) stem (comparative प्रेयस्, प्रियतर, superlative प्रेष्ठ, प्रियतम)
* beloved, dear to (with locative or genitive or dative of the subject or in compounds)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.114.7:मा नो॑ म॒हान्त॑म् उ॒त मा नो॑ अर्भ॒कं मा न॒ उक्ष॑न्तम् उ॒त मा न॑ उक्षि॒तम् । मा नो॑ वधीः पि॒तरं॒ मोत मा॒तरं॒ मा नः॑ प्रि॒यास् त॒न्वो॑ रुद्र रीरिषः ॥mā́ no mahā́ntam utá mā́ no arbhakáṃ mā́ na úkṣantam utá mā́ na ukṣitám. mā́ no vadhīḥ pitáraṃ mótá mātáraṃ mā́ naḥ priyā́s tanvò rudra rīriṣaḥ.O Rudra, harm not either great or small of us, harm not the growing boy, harm not the full-grown man. Slay not a sire among us, slay no mother here, and do not harm our own dear bodies, O Rudra.
* liked, favorite, wonted, own
* fond of, attached to
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* अप्रिय (apriya)
* प्रियकार (priyakāra)
* प्रियकारक (priyakāraka)
* प्रियकृत् (priyakṛt)
* प्रियता (priyatā)
* प्रियत्व (priyatva)
* विप्रिय (vipriya)
* विप्रियत्व (vipriyatva)
* सम्प्रिय (sampriya)

#### Descendants

* Bengali: প্রিয় (priẏo)
* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀬 (piya)
** Awadhi: पिया (piyā)
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: [script needed] (piye)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: පිය (piya)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀬 (piya)
** Bengali: পিয়া (piẏa)
** Bihari: पिया (piyā)
*** Maithili: पिआ (piā)
*** Bhojpuri: पिया (piyā)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀬 (piya)
** Marathi: पियो (piyo)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Sindhi: pirī
    Arabic: پري
    Devanagari: पिरी
* Pali: piya
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀬 (piya)
** Gujarati: પિયુ (piyu)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: पिया (piyā)
    Urdu: پیا (piyā)
*** → Punjabi: ਪੀਆ (pīā)
** → Malay: peria
*** Indonesian: pria

#### Borrowed terms

* → Hindi: प्रिय (priya)
* → Telugu: ప్రియము (priyamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “प्रिय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 710/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 189-190
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “priyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press