preta
/ˈpɹeɪtə/
preta noun: a hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated).
Noun
preta (plural pretas)
- A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)
preta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Sanskrit
preta in Hindi
- a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
- प्रेत pret
preta in Tamil
- சுற்றித்திரிகிற
preta in Bengali
- a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
- প্রেত pret
preta in Sanskrit
- a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
- प्रेत preta
More languagesFewer languages
- preta in Thai
- เปรต bprèet
- preta in Vietnamese
- ma đói, ngạ quỷ
- preta in Myanmar
- ပြိတ္တာ pritta
Forms of preta
| plural | pretas |
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Origin of preta
From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).
Phrases with preta
Questions about preta
- What does preta mean?
- Preta means a hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated).
- What is preta in Hindi?
- Preta in Hindi is प्रेत (pret). See Preta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is preta?
- Preta is a noun.
- How do you pronounce preta?
- Preta is pronounced /ˈpɹeɪtə/.
- What is the plural of preta?
- The plural of preta is pretas.
Words near preta in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: preta (page history and authors); preta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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