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in reply to a message by mermaidwriter1000
by which I mean Indian as in "from India", not Native American (it is definitely not Native American).
Someone did a lot of research on this and proved it is not Native American. I wish I could find the site, but they had some prove that it's an Indian name that is used there quite often and pronounced AH-yah-na.
Someone did a lot of research on this and proved it is not Native American. I wish I could find the site, but they had some prove that it's an Indian name that is used there quite often and pronounced AH-yah-na.
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Hmmm... any details? Where in India? Which language? Male or female?
(There is an Indian male name Ayan discussed here before; though at that time I did not mention that the most famous of them is called that as a lenition of the Sanskrit abhimanyu, desired, from abhi- (towards, against, etc., cognate with Greek ἀμφί etc.) + man- (to think, belive etc. cognate with Greek μένω, English mean etc.) = to think of, desire, threaten, injure, allow, agree, be proud etc.)
(There is an Indian male name Ayan discussed here before; though at that time I did not mention that the most famous of them is called that as a lenition of the Sanskrit abhimanyu, desired, from abhi- (towards, against, etc., cognate with Greek ἀμφί etc.) + man- (to think, belive etc. cognate with Greek μένω, English mean etc.) = to think of, desire, threaten, injure, allow, agree, be proud etc.)
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