Aarti
Borrowed from Sanskrit आरती (āratī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
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Ābhā
Borrowed from Sanskrit आभा (ābhā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Abhay
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya), equivalent to अ- (a-) + भय (bhay).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Abhijit
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिजित् (abhijit).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Abhijñā
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अभिज्ञा (abhijñā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Abhijñān
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna, “recognition”). By surface analysis, अभि- (abhi-) + ज्ञान (jñān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Abhilāṣ
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिलाष (abhilāṣa). By surface analysis, अभि- (abhi-) + लाष (lāṣ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ṣ
Abhilāṣā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā), analyzed as अभि- (abhi-) + लाषा (lāṣā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Abhimanyu
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिमन्यु (abhimanyu).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Abhinav
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिनव (abhinava). By surface analysis, अभि- (abhi-) + नव (nav).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends V
Abhinay
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Abhiṣek
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Abhīṣṭ
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभीष्ट (abhīṣṭa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ṭ
Abhyuday
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभ्युदय (abhyudaya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Acal
Borrowed from Sanskrit अचल (acala).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Ā̃cal
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀘𑀮 (aṃcala), from Sanskrit अञ्चल (añcala). Compare Awadhi आँचर (ā̃car), Braj आँचर (ā̃car). Doublet of अँचला (ãclā) and अंचल (añcal).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Aclā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अचला (acalā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Ādarś
Borrowed from Sanskrit आदर्श (ādarśa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ś
Adhirāj
Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिराज (adhirāja). By surface analysis, अधि (adhi, “over, supreme”) + राज (rāja, “king”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends J
Adi
From Javanese Adi, from Sanskrit अधि (adhi).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Āditya
Borrowed from Sanskrit आदित्य (āditya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Advait
Borrowed from Sanskrit अद्वैत (ádvaita, “not dual”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Āgney
Borrowed from Sanskrit आग्नेय (āgneya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Agraj
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्रज (agraja).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends J
Agrajā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्रजा (agrajā). By surface analysis, अग्रज (agraj, “born before”) + -आ (-ā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Ajātśatru
Borrowed from Sanskrit अजातशत्रु (ajātaśatru).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Ajay
Transliteration of Hindi अजय (ajay), etc. Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अजय (ajaya, “victorious; undefeatable”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Ajīt
Borrowed from Sanskrit अजीत (ajīta).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Ājñā
Borrowed from Sanskrit आज्ञा (ājñā, “order, command, authority”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Ākāṅkṣā
Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाङ्क्षा (ākāṅkṣā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Ākāś
Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ś
Akhaṇḍ
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अखण्ड (akhaṇḍa). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) + खंड (khaṇḍ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ḍ
Akhil
Borrowed from Sanskrit अखिल (akhila).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Akhileś
From अखिल (akhil, “complete”) + ईश (īś, “god”). The saṃdhi is done as it would be in Sanskrit as the akāra and ikāra fuse to form the ekāra.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ś
Ākŕti
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आकृति (ākṛti).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Akṣar
Borrowed from Sanskrit अ॒क्षर॑ (akṣára), from अ- (a-) + क्षर (kṣara). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) + क्षर (kṣar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Akṣat
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक्षत (akṣata).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Akṣay
Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षय (akṣaya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Ākūti
Borrowed from Sanskrit आकूति (ākūti).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Alakh
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 (alakkha), from Sanskrit अलक्ष्य (alakṣya). Cognate with Gujarati અલખ (alakh), Malvi अलख (alakh), Marwari अलख (alakh) / 𑅐𑅮𑅖 (alkh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Ālok
Borrowed from Sanskrit आलोक (āloka).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Aloka
Borrowed from Sanskrit आलोक (āloka, “light, radiance”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Amar
Borrowed from Sanskrit अ॒म॒र (amará).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Ambā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā). Doublet of अम्मा (ammā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Ambālikā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अम्बालिका (ambālikā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Ambar
Borrowed from Sanskrit अम्बर (ambara).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Amit
Transliteration of Hindi अमित (amit), Marathi अमित (amit), Gujarati અમિત (amit), Bengali অমিত (omito), etc. Transliteration of Hebrew עָמִית ('amít). Borrowed from Sanskrit…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Amitābh
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमिताभ (amitābha).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Amreś
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमरेश (amareśa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ś
Amŕt
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛ́ta). Distantly related to English ambrosia.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Amŕtā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृता (amṛtā). By surface analysis, अमृत (amŕt) + -आ (-ā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Anāmikā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अनामिका (anāmikā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Anand
Borrowed from Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda, “joy, delight, pleasure”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ānand
Derived from Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ānandī
Borrowed from Sanskrit आनन्दिन् (ānandin). By surface analysis, आनंद (ānand) + -ई (-ī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Ananya
Borrowed from Sanskrit अनन्य (ananya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ananyā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अनन्या (ananyā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Aṅgad
Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्गद (aṅgada).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Anil
Borrowed from Hindi अनिल (anil), Marathi अनिल (anil), Kannada ಅನಿಲ್ (anil), Tamil அனில் (aṉil), Malayalam അനിൽ (anil), Bengali অনিল (onil), Nepali अनिल (anil), Urdu اَنِیل…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Aniruddh
Borrowed from Sanskrit अनिरुद्ध (aniruddha).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H