As a deity name
Name 421 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
प्रिया · noun · feminine
नारी । स्त्री · भार्या । पत्नि । जोरू · इलायची — Śabdasāgara
प्रिया · feminine
a female given name, Priya, from Sanskrit
प्रिया · feminine
darling, dear, sweetheart; female lover; wife
Platts (p. 259) also records: f. See priya
Cited formation "प्रिया" is प्र + -इया: प्र means "(used at the beginning of comp.), Forth, for, before, forward, pre-eminent, exceeding", and the suffix -इया forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(5) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "प्रिया" is प्र + -इया: प्र means "(used at the beginning of comp.), Forth, for, before, forward, pre-eminent, exceeding", and the suffix -इया forms feminine diminutive (replaces final -आ; conjunct consonants simplify, long vowels shorten). CHD Basic Grammar App. II §3 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi प्रिया — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā), feminine of प्रिय (priya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
priyā (ā), f. a mistress, wife, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
[cf. Old Sax. frî, Angl.Sax. freó, ‘a wife’]
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mistress, wife, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "priyā" is the feminine form of "priya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
priyā (ā), f. a mistress, wife, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
[cf. Old Sax. frî, Angl.Sax. freó, ‘a wife’]
the female of an animal, Var.
news, L.
small cardamoms, L.
priya priyāla. See under √ 1. prī below.
priya mf(ā)n. beloved, dear to (gen. loc. dat. or comp.), liked, favourite, wanted, own, RV. &c. &c. (with abl. ‘dearer than’, R.; Kathās.; Pañcat.; priyaṃ-√ kṛ Ā. kurute, either ‘to gain the affection of, win as a friend’, RV.; or ‘to feel affection for, love more and more’, MBh.)
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