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in reply to a message by Sonali
I believe this is an Indian name. Several sites say it means 'gold' or 'golden', but I'm not totaly sure if these sites are reliable.
http://home.casema.nl/rastarebel/Meisjesnamen%20S.htm
http://www.mitaliperkins.com/Mitali_Perkins_Bio.pdf
http://www.indiaparenting.com/names/names1.cgi?param1=girl¶m3=sss¶m2=
Sonali looks a lot like the name Sonal, that according to this site means 'golden' as well.
http://home.casema.nl/rastarebel/Meisjesnamen%20S.htm
http://www.mitaliperkins.com/Mitali_Perkins_Bio.pdf
http://www.indiaparenting.com/names/names1.cgi?param1=girl¶m3=sss¶m2=
Sonali looks a lot like the name Sonal, that according to this site means 'golden' as well.
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sonAli is a name from north India and means golden. The root of the word is Sanskrit suvarNa, from su-, a particle meaning good, and varna meaning cover, outward looks, colour, description, letter, note, or quantity, from vR, to cover (cognate with English weir; not to be confused with a completely separate Sanskrit vR cognate with English will which gave rise to words like vara, wish or husband, and varaNa, acceptance). suvarNa had a lot of meanings, including gold, good colour, high caste, wealth, good pronounciation, etc., but the meaning gold or golden hue was very common, and, in that meaning (and a few others), the word contracted to svarNa, which gives sonA in a number of modern languages. sonAli means having the colour of sonA.
suvarNa had been used as a man's name for a very long time in Sanskrit, but the history of the modern name sonAli I cannot say. I have seen it in my childhood, and suspect it is from the eastern part (Bengali), but I am not sure.
suvarNa had been used as a man's name for a very long time in Sanskrit, but the history of the modern name sonAli I cannot say. I have seen it in my childhood, and suspect it is from the eastern part (Bengali), but I am not sure.
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