dear : (adj.) 1. piya; manāpa; 2. bavhagghanaka || most dear: (adj.) piyatama.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

nye

[translation-san] {C} āsanna

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} near; dear; intimate

[translation-eng] {C} nearness

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

nye ba

[translation-san] {C} abhyāsa

[translation-san] {MSA} antika

[translation-san] {MSA} āsanna

[translation-san] {MSA} samavahita

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} near; dear; intimate

example

• [bod] byang chub la ni nye ba dang
• [eng] one is closer to enlightenment
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snyan

[translation-san] {C} karṇa

[translation-san] {C} kāvya

[translation-san] {C} priya

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} ear

[translation-eng] {C} poetry; poem; dear; kind

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

sdug

[translation-san] {MSA} priya

[translation-san] {MSA} snigdha

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} dear; kind; beloved

[comments] also short for sdug bsngal, suffering

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

sdug pa

[translation-san] {LCh} priya

[translation-san] {C,MSA} śubha {C}(=praśasta)

[translation-san] {C} śubhatā

[translation-san] {MSA} iṣṭa

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} attractive; nice; beautiful

[translation-eng] {C} dear; kind; beloved; lovely; wholesome; pleasant; merit; pleasantness

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