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Priya
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English
Etymology
From en sa प्रिया. Doublet of en Frigg (and variants).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
en female India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________".
en Nikita Richardson Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/dining/rice-cakes-rice-rolls-rice-sweets.html 2022-10-04 Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20221105003533/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/dining/rice-cakes-rice-rolls-rice-sweets.html
Hindu surname.