Girl · Sanskrit · Hindu
Preeti
प्रीतिSay it PREE-tee
- Meaning
- Pleasure, joy, gladness; kindness, favour; affection, love Monier-Williams, p. 711
- Say it
- PREE-tee
- Written
- प्रीति
- Other spellings
- Priti, Preethi, Preity
Preeti
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Preeti meaning
Preeti (प्रीति) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin.
Pleasure, joy, gladness; kindness, favour; affection, love
Preeti (प्रीति) is the Sanskrit prīti, a warm word for good feeling. Monier-Williams gives it first as "any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction", then as "friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace" and "affection, love". In the Puranas Prīti is joy personified, a daughter of Daksha and one of the two wives of Kamadeva, the god of love. The word also names a microtone (śruti) in Indian music and the thirteenth digit of the moon. Indian name lists give Preeti as "love", in line with the dictionary, and the name is also written Priti, Preethi and Preity.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 711 · entry prīti · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, prīti, p. 711
Famous namesakes
- Prīti, a wife of Kamadeva in the Puranas
Spellings
Preeti · Priti · Preethi · Preity