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Pritish
प्रीतीशSay it PREE-tish
- Meaning today
- God of love, lord of love
- Original meaning
- "prīti, joy, affection, love + īśa, lord: lord of love" Monier-Williams, p. 711, 171
- Say it
- PREE-tish
- Written
- प्रीतीश
- Other spellings
- Preetish, Pritesh
Pritish
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Pritish meaning
Pritish (प्रीतीश) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Prīti, joy, affection, love + īśa, lord: lord of love
Also used to mean: god of love
Pritish (प्रीतीश) joins Sanskrit prīti with īśa, "lord". Monier-Williams gives prīti as joy, gladness and satisfaction, and as kindness, affection and love; in mythology Prīti is a daughter of Daksha and one of the two wives of Kama, the god of love. Read together, the name means "lord of love", and name lists give "god of love" or "lord of love". The compound is modern rather than a word found in the old texts, but both parts are well recorded.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 711, 171 · entry prīti + īśa · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, prīti, p. 711 · Monier-Williams, īśa, p. 171 · Wikipedia, Pritish Nandy
Famous namesakes
- Pritish Nandy, poet, journalist and film producer
Spellings
Pritish · Preetish · Pritesh