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The name Megha is glossed by the Penguin Book of Hindu Names for Boys as 'sprinkler', 'cloud, mass', the name of a mythical rakshasa, and 'the father of the 5th Arhat of the present Avasarpinī'. [2] In the surname Meghani , Megha is combined with the adjectival suffix -ani , ostensibly implying a name meaning 'to do with cloud' but, since ...
Bhaskar (भास्कर) is both a male given name and a surname from Sanskrit literally meaning the "light maker", referring to the sun. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include:
Onomastics has applications in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a popular approach in historical research, where it can be used to identify ethnic minorities within populations [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and for the purpose of prosopography .
The name Goa came to European languages via Portuguese, but its precise origin is unclear. A number of theories about its origin are centered around the Sanskrit word go (cow). [8] For example, the legend of Krishna names a mountain where he saved the cow; the mountain was named "gomāntaka", which later became Goa. Also, a port city named ...
Rai (Hindi: राय; Urdu: رائے; Bengali: রায়; Nepali: राई) [1] is a surname in use since historical times on the Indian subcontinent ...
from charpoy चारपाई,چارپائی Teen payi (तीन पाय) in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "three legged" or "coffee table". [26] Thug from Thagi ठग,ٹھگ Thag in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "thief or con man". [27] Tickety-boo possibly from Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū), meaning "it's all right, sir". [28]
The word is an adjectival form of the Sanskrit word diksha, meaning provider of knowledge. Dikshita in Sanskrit derives itself as a person involved in scientific studies, and literally translates as "one who has received initiation or one who is initiated". It may also be used to mean one who prepares boys for the performance of religious ...
Sagar is a patronymic Old English name. (Spelling variations include Sager, Seegar, Seager, Sigar, Segar, Seger, Saker, Sakar, and many more.) Most, if not all, people of the Anglo-Saxon period of England with this surname descend from a man (or number of men) known as Sagar.