(East) Indian names
Can anyone tell me the meanings of:
Rupali
Urmilla
TakaAll names are female and probably HindiHappiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the lights
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Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the lights
~J.K. Rowling
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Rupali is derived from 'Roop' which is looks / beauty. Rupali thus means beautifulUrmilla- Name of the wife of Lakshmana, who is the brother of Hindu God- Rama. However, not sure of exact meaning of nameTaka means money in an Indian language called Bengali. I wouldn't suggest naming a baby girl as Taka.
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Rupali: The Indoeuropean origin is a bit unclear ... it may be ultimately related to words like English weir ... but rUpa means concrete form, usually a beautiful form, and related words meant silver in modern north Indian languages. rUpAlI is therefore of silver colour.Urmila: From R to rise (with good IE cognates), Urmi means a wave and UrmI/UrmilA means the ocean. It is the name of a number of mythological characters, famously the sister of sitA, the heroine of the epic rAmAYaNa, and of sitA's sister-in-law.I cannot figure out what taka is the romanized spelling of.
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