# प्रीत
## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾit̪/, [pɾiːt̪]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

प्रीत • (prīt) f
* (poetic) love; very strong affection
    माझिया प्रियाला प्रीत कळेनाmājhiyā priyālā prīt kaḷenāMy 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: /pɾiː.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /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

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* 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.