priyāla. See under √ 1. prī below.
priyá mf(A)n. beloved, dear to (gen. loc. dat. or comp.), liked, favourite, wanted, own, [RV.] &c. &c. (with abl. ‘dearer than’, [R.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.]; priyaṃ-√ kṛ Ā. kurute, either ‘to gain the affection of, win as a friend’, [RV.]; or ‘to feel affection for, love more and more’, [MBh.])
dear, expensive, high in price (cf. priya-dhānyaka, priyānna-tva)
fond of attached or devoted to (loc.), [RV.] (id. in comp., either ibc., e.g. priya-devana, ‘fond of playing’, or ifc., e.g. akṣa-priya, ‘fond of dice’, cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 35], Vārtt. 2; ifc. also = pleasant, agreeable, e.g. gamana-priya, ‘pleasant to go’, [vi, 2, 15]Sch.)
priyá m. a friend, [Gaut.]
a lover, husband, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a son-in-law, [Mn. iii, 119] ([Kull.])
a kind of deer, [L.]
priyá m. N. of 2 medicinal plants, [L.]
priyá n. love, kindness, favour, pleasure, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.