नेहा
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]नेह (neh) + -आ (-ā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀳 (ṇeha, “affection, love”), ultimately from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Doublet of स्नेह (sneh) and स्नेहा (snehā), tatsama variants of this name. Distant cognate with English snow.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]नेहा • (nehā) f
- a female given name, Neha
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Neha
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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- Hindi terms suffixed with -आ
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