श्रिया

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रिया (śriyā).

Proper noun

श्रिया • (śriyā) f

1. a female given name, Shriya, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of श्रिया (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	श्रिया śriyā	श्रियाएँ śriyāẽ
oblique	श्रिया śriyā	श्रियाओं śriyāõ
vocative	श्रिया śriyā	श्रियाओ śriyāo

Sanskrit

Etymology

From √श्री (śrī, “light, radiance, prosperity”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾi.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɾi.jɑː/

Noun

श्रिया • (śriyā) stem, f

1. happiness
2. glory
3. prosperity
   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 1.93:

     अथ प्रदोषे दोषज्ञः संवेशाय विशांपतिम्। / सूनुः सूनृतवाक्स्रष्टुर्विससर्जोर्जितश्रियम्

     atha pradoṣe doṣajñaḥ saṃveśāya viśāṃpatim. / sūnuḥ sūnṛtavāksraṣṭurvisasarjorjitaśriyam

     thus at evening the knower-of-wrongs, the Creator's son, the talker / of truth and jest, bade (goodnight) to he stout in prosperity and sought sleep

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of श्रिया (śriyā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्रिया śriyā	श्रिये śriye	श्रियाः śriyāḥ
Vocative	श्रिये śriye	श्रिये śriye	श्रियाः śriyāḥ
Accusative	श्रियाम् śriyām	श्रिये śriye	श्रियाः śriyāḥ
Instrumental	श्रियया / श्रिया¹ śriyayā / śriyā¹	श्रियाभ्याम् śriyābhyām	श्रियाभिः śriyābhiḥ
Dative	श्रियायै śriyāyai	श्रियाभ्याम् śriyābhyām	श्रियाभ्यः śriyābhyaḥ
Ablative	श्रियायाः / श्रियायै² śriyāyāḥ / śriyāyai²	श्रियाभ्याम् śriyābhyām	श्रियाभ्यः śriyābhyaḥ
Genitive	श्रियायाः / श्रियायै² śriyāyāḥ / śriyāyai²	श्रिययोः śriyayoḥ	श्रियाणाम् śriyāṇām
Locative	श्रियायाम् śriyāyām	श्रिययोः śriyayoḥ	श्रियासु śriyāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्रिया”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1100.