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Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. [1] Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts of the world, but the origins of many placenames can be determined with a fair degree of certainty.
When written in Latin script, Indian names may use the vowel characters to denote sounds different from conventional American or British English. Although some languages, like Kannada or Tamil, may have different vowel sounds, the ones used in most major Indian languages are represented in this table along with typical English transcriptions.
Indian unisex given names (22 P) M. Malayalam-language given names (1 C) S. Sanskrit-language names (39 P) T. Telugu given names (16 P) Pages in category "Indian ...
Annoyingly, they confuse it with popular (non-Indian) names that sound similar: Jayden or Jalen. When it's my kid's name, I always correct people when they say it wrong.
Pages in category "Indian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 348 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
When it comes to Indian baby girl names, trends are clear: Names inspired by cities and goddesses and names that end in -ya are getting more popular.
Most Indonesians, particularly from the western parts, do not use family names. Only some ethnic groups maintain family names, such as Bataks, Nias, Mentawai, some Dayaks, and most ethnic groups in eastern Indonesia (except in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and some groups in Sulawesi, such as the Butonese).
The terms Indos (Ἰνδός) for the Indus River and Indian are found in Hecataeus of Miletus and Herodotus's writings. The loss of the /h/ sound in Hinduš was likely because of the Greek dialects spoken in Asia Minor and the word became Indos. Hecataeus used the term "India" and "Indians" strictly for the people in Sindh (Ancient Pakistan) only.