Priya
प्रियाdear, beloved
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Priyanshi
प्रियांशी
beloved part
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Priyanshi is interpreted as ‘beloved part’, through a proposed combination of Sanskrit priya, ‘dear’ or ‘beloved’, and aṃśa, ‘portion’ or ‘share’. Both words are documented, but the consulted sources do not establish the joined form with its feminine ending as a dictionary headword. The meaning is therefore a reasonable reading of proposed components, rather than a confirmed definition of the whole name.
No dictionary entry documents this spelling with that sense, so the meaning above is the one families use, not a dictionary definition. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
प्रियांशी is read pri-yaan-shee, in three syllables with long middle and final vowels. Priyansi and Priyanshee are alternative Roman spellings. Keep the nasal sound before sh; it can be lost in an English reading. The opening p and r are said together.
Also spelled Priyansi.