प्रीत

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).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾiː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾiː.t̪ɐ/

प्रीत • (prītá) stem

1. 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.

2. beloved, dear to

• Gandhari: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨡 (prida)

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 711.