প্রীতম

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रीतम (prītama, “most beloved”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *priHtamás, from Proto-Indo-European *priH-tm̥mós, from *preyH- (“to love”). Doublet of প্রিয় (priẏo), প্রিয়া (priẏa), পিয়া (piẏa), প্রীতি (priti), প্রিয়তম (priẏotom), প্রিয়তমা (priẏtoma), প্রেষ্ঠ (preśṭho), and প্রেম (prem).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pɾit̪om/, [ˈpɾit̪om]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pɹit̪om/, [ˈpɹit̪om]

Proper noun

প্রীতম • (pritom)

  1. a male given name, Pritam or Pritom, from Sanskrit
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