प्रीणाति

Sanskrit edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *prináHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *prináHti, from Proto-Indo-European *pri-néH-ti (nasal infix athematic present), from *preyH- (“to like; love”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬁𐬟𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (āfrīnaⁱti), Old English frēoġan (“to love”), English free and friend, Proto-Slavic *prijati (whence Serbo-Croatian пријати, prijati (“to be pleasing”), Polish sprzyjać (“to favor”), Old Church Slavonic приꙗти (prijati, “to please, accept”) (Glagolitic spelling ⱂⱃⰹⱑⱅⰹ (priěti))).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾiː.ɳɑ́ː.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /pɾiːˈɳɑː.t̪i/

Verb edit

प्रीणाति • (prīṇā́ti) third-singular present indicative (root प्री, class 9, type P)^[1]

to please, gladden, delight, gratify, cheer
to comfort, soothe, propitiate

References edit

^ Monier Williams (1899) “प्रीणाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 710.

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