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I know that Avi is a popular Jewish name, but it seems that it is an east Indian name as well and means Sun/rising Sun in Sanskrit/Hindi. Can somebody who knows please confirm. Thanks in advance!
-John
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Yes, it's origin can be traced back to Sanskrit and means Sun
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I am not aware that the Sanskrit अवि (the semivowel is unaspirated voiced labiodental, pronounced closer to awi than to English avi, though avi in most transliteration standards) is used as a name. That indeed means the sun (probably from a root av meaning to favor), but also things like mountain. It also means a sheep (as in cognate of ewe)
As I said before, I have never heard of an Indian with the name avi. Usually, Indians called avi in the US have a name starting with avi or abhi (e.g., avinAsha or abhiSeka)
As I said before, I have never heard of an Indian with the name avi. Usually, Indians called avi in the US have a name starting with avi or abhi (e.g., avinAsha or abhiSeka)
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A place called Avikanagar in Rajasthan where a Sheep Research Institute is located, many new sheep breeds were developed and named as 'Avivastra', 'Avikalin' 'Avimaans', 'Avishaan'etc.
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Also American short of a lot of Indian names starting with the sound abhi-, which morpheme is cognate with Germanic bi- and Latin ob- and implies motion towards, being against, in front, or surpassing.
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Thanks for your response. Would you know what its root in Sanskrit/Hindi is? and if it really means Sun in those languages.
Thanks!
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Like I said, the abhi part is just the prefix, I do not know it as a complete name in Hindi or Sanskrit. I will write again if I figure out which abhi- name, if any, means the sun.
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