Preeti, also: Preety, Preity, Priti, or Prethy, is a female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
in
India.
Etymology
The name Preeti is derived from the Sanskrit word "
प्रीति" (prīti), meaning "pleasure", "joy", "kindness", "favor", "grace", "love", from
प्री (prī).
Priti Priti may refer to:
* Priti (goddess)
Priti () is a Hindu goddess. She is one of the two consorts of the god of love, Kamadeva, along with Rati.
Priti is regarded to represent affectionate love, while her co-wife, Rati, represents sensual ple ...
is the name of the second consort of the
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
god of love,
Kamadeva.
Preeti in Indian languages
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Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
: প্রীতি
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Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
: প্রীতি
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Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;[Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries](_blank)
, Oxford U ...
: प्रीति
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Bishnupriya Manipuri
Bishnupriya Manipuri, also known as simply Bishnupriya, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Bengali–Assamese languages, Bengali–Assamese linguistic sub-branch. It is a creole language, creole of Bengali language and Meitei languag ...
: প্রীতি
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Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
: પ્રીતિ
*
Hindi: प्रीति
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Kannada: ಪ್ರೀತಿ
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Maithili: प्रीति
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Malayalam: പ്രീതി
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Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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: प्रीती
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Nepali
Nepali or Nepalese may refer to :
Concerning Nepal
* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
* Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...
: प्रीति
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Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
: ਪ੍ਰੀਤੀ
** Western Punjabi: پریتی
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Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
: பிரீத்தி
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Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
: ప్రీతి
Notable people named Preeti
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Preeti Amin, Indian television actress and reality show participant
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Preeti Aneja
Preeti Aneja is an Indian movie director. She is the director of short movie Kala Paani.
Early life
Born in Hisar, Haryana on 26 July, Preeti completed her school education from Campus School, Hisar. Preeti did her post-graduation in psych ...
, Indian film director
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Preeti Bose (born 1992), Indian cricketer
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Preeti Desai (born 1984), Indian actress, supermodel and former winner of 2006 Miss Great Britain
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Preeti Dimri
Preeti Dharmanand Dimri (born 18 October 1986) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm unorthodox bowler. She appeared in two Test matches, 23 One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International for India between 2006 an ...
(born 1986), Indian cricketer
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Preeti Dubey, Indian field hockey player
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Preeti Ganguly (1953–2012), Indian actress
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Preeti Gupta (born 1986), Indian actress
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Preeti Jhangiani (born 1980), Indian actress
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Preeti Kaur (born 1981), Indian-Nepalese singer
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Preeti Malhotra
Preeti Malhotra is thChairman of the Smart Bharat Group a diversified conglomerate, with interests in reality, hospitality, entertainment, preventive healthcare, finance and also venturing into new age projects. This is a part oDr. MleSmart Group ...
(born 1965), Indian businesswoman
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Preeti Sagar, Indian Bollywood playback singer
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Preeti Shenoy
Preeti Shenoy is an Indian author and blogger.
Early life and education
During her school years, Shenoy studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya. Shenoy is also a self-taught artist.
Writing career
After writing as a blogger, Shenoy published her fi ...
(born 1971), Indian writer
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Preeti Singh
Preeti Singh (born 26 October 1971) is an Indian author based at Chandigarh. Singh has been working as a professional writer since last 21 years before authoring her four best-selling novels. Her debut novel - '' Flirting With Fate'' was publi ...
(born 1971), Indian writer and editor
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Preeti Sudan
Preeti Sudan is a retired Indian bureaucrat who served as Health Secretary of India from October 2017 to July 2020. She has been the key strategist in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early life and education
Sudan has degrees in Economics and So ...
, Indian politician and Health Secretary of India
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Preeti Tomar, Indian politician and member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Notable people named Preity
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Preity Zinta (born 1975), Indian film actress and model
Notable people named Priti
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Priti Menon
Priti Surendran, often credited as Priti Menon, is an Indian trained singer in Carnatic music, currently living at London, England. Priti Menon started her musical career in the UK by winning the Zee TV Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Online Talent Hunt in 201 ...
(born 24 September 1985), Indian model, singer and psychologist
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Priti Paintal
Priti Paintal (born 1960) is an East Indian composer, performer, music producer and promoter who lives and works in England.
Life
Paintal was born in New Delhi, India, the daughter of the distinguished Indian scientist Autar Singh Paintal. She tr ...
(born 1960) Indian composer, performer, producer and promoter
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Priti Patel
Priti Sushil Patel (born 29 March 1972) is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2017. Patel has been the Me ...
(born 1972), British politician, MP and minister
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Priti Rijal
Priti Rijal ( ne, प्रीति रिजाल), (born December 25, 1991) is a nationally ranked Nepali professional tennis player. She was awarded the Tennis scholarship from Collin College, Texas, USA. She was appointed as a Brand Ambassad ...
(born 1991), Nepali tennis player
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Priti Sapru
Priti Sapru (also spelled as Preeti Sapru), is an Indian actress known for her works in Punjabi and Hindi cinema. She featured in a number of films including '' Nimmo'', ''Yaari Jat Di'' and ''Qurbani Jatt Di'' among others, with actors Vee ...
(born 24 December 1957), Indian actress
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Priti Sengupta
Priti Sengupta ( gu, પ્રીતિ સેનગુપ્તા) is a Gujarati poet and writer from Gujarat, India. She received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 2006. She has written several travelogues.
Biography
Sengupta was born on 17 May 1 ...
, Indian Gujarati poet and writer
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Priti Shankar
Priti Shankar (née Priti Monteiro; September 1947 – October 2011) was an Indian teacher, researcher, and educationist whose research focused on the areas of compiler design, formal language theory and algorithmic coding theory.
Early life and ...
(1947-2011), Indian teacher, researcher, and educationist
Fictional characters
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Preeti Choraria, from British soap opera ''EastEnders''
Arts Entertainment and media
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''Preeti'' (1986 film), a Hindi Bollywood Indian film
See also
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Preeti & Pinky, Indipop duo singers
Hindu given names
Indian feminine given names
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