Preeti, also: Preety, Preity, Priti, or Prethy, is a female

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Etymology

The name Preeti is derived from the Sanskrit word " प्रीति" (prīti), meaning "pleasure", "joy", "kindness", "favor", "grace", "love", from प्री (prī). Priti is the name of the second consort of the

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god of love,

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Preeti in Indian languages

* Assamese: প্রীতি *

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 *

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
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: प्रीति *

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 *

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 *

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: प्रीति *

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

: ಪ್ರೀತಿ * Maithili: प्रीति *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

: പ്രീതി *

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 * * ...

: प्रीती * Nepali: प्रीति * Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੀਤੀ ** Western Punjabi: پریتی *

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, nativ ...

: பிரீத்தி *

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

Preeti Amin Preeti, also: Preety, Preity, Priti, or Prethy, is a female given name in India. Etymology The name Preeti is derived from the Sanskrit word " प्रीति" (prīti), meaning "pleasure", "joy", "kindness", "favor", "grace", "love", from ...

, Indian television actress and reality show participant *

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 *

Preeti Bose Preeti Bose (born 20 April 1992 in Sonipat, Haryana) is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Haryana women's cricket team The Haryana women's cricket team is a women's cricket team that represents the Indian state of Haryana. The team compete ...

(born 1992), Indian cricketer *

Preeti Desai Preeti Desai is a British actress, supermodel, and former Miss Great Britain. She made history by becoming the first woman of Indian descent to win the title in 2006. Desai made her acting debut with acclaimed film ''Shor in the City'' (2011) a ...

(born 1984), Indian actress, supermodel and former winner of 2006 Miss Great Britain *

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 *

Preeti Dubey Preeti Dubey is an Indian field hockey player. She is part of the Indian Women's Hockey team in the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogo ...

, Indian field hockey player *

Preeti Ganguly Preeti Ganguly ( hi, प्रीति गाँगुली; 17 May 1953 – 2 December 2012) was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Bollywood in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar, a ...

(1953–2012), Indian actress *

Preeti Gupta Preeti, also: Preety, Preity, Priti, or Prethy, is a female given name in India. Etymology The name Preeti is derived from the Sanskrit word " प्रीति" (prīti), meaning "pleasure", "joy", "kindness", "favor", "grace", "love", from ...

(born 1986), Indian actress *

Preeti Jhangiani Preeti Jhangiani is an Indian model and actress. Jhangiani first appeared in Rajshri Productions music album ''Yeh Hai Prem'' in 1997. She is known for her work in the Telugu films '' Thammudu'' (1999), '' Narasimha Naidu'' (2001), Malayalam fi ...

(born 1980), Indian actress * Preeti Kaur (born 1981), Indian-Nepalese singer *

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 *

Preeti Sagar Preeti Sagar is a former Bollywood playback singer who won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Mero Gaam Katha Parey" from ''Manthan'' in 1978 and for the hit song "My Heart is Beating" from ''Julie'' (1975). Care ...

, Indian Bollywood playback singer *

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 * Preeti Singh (born 1971), Indian writer and editor * Preeti Sudan, Indian politician and Health Secretary of India * Preeti Tomar, Indian politician and member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly

Notable people named Preity

Preity Zinta Preity G Zinta (pronounced ; born 31 January 1975) is an Indian actress and entrepreneur primarily known for her work in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in English literature, English honours and criminal psychology, Z ...

(born 1975), Indian film actress and model

Notable people named Priti

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 *

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 *

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 * Priti Rijal (born 1991), Nepali tennis player *

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 * Priti Sengupta, Indian Gujarati poet and writer *

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

Preeti Choraria The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2006, by order of first appearance. 2006 was a year when many families joined ''EastEnders''. First, Deano Wicks, his sister Carly Wicks and fathe ...

, from British soap opera ''EastEnders''

Arts Entertainment and media

* ''Preeti'' (1986 film), a Hindi Bollywood Indian film