Lakshmi

English

Image of Goddess Lakshmi

Alternative forms

• Laxmi

Etymology

From Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī, “mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌkʃmiː/

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Proper noun

Lakshmi

1. The Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rāma (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini).
2. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Derived terms

• Lakshmidas
• Star of Lakshmi

Translations

Hindu goddess of wealth

• Afrikaans: Laksjmi
• Assamese: লক্ষ্মী (loksmi)
• Bengali: লক্ষ্মী (bn) (lokkhi /⁠lokkhi⁠/)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉祥天 (jíxiáng tiān)

• Czech: Lakšmí f
• Esperanto: Lakŝmio
• Finnish: Lakshmi
• French: Lakshmi (fr)
• Georgian: ლაკშმი (laḳšmi)
• German: Lakshmi (de)
• Gujarati: લક્ષ્મી (lakṣmī), લખમી f (lakhmī)
• Hindi: लक्ष्मी (hi) (lakṣmī)
• Indonesian: Laksmi
• Japanese: ラクシュミ (rakushumi), 吉祥天 (ja) (Kichijōten)
• Kannada: ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ (kn) (lakṣmi)
• Khmer: លក្ស្មី (km) (lĕəksməy)
• Korean: 길상천 (ko) (Gilsang Cheon)
• Lithuanian: Lakšmė
• Malayalam: ലക്ഷ്മി (ml) (lakṣmi)
• Marathi: लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)
• Marwari: लखमी (lakhmī)
• Nepali: लक्ष्मी (ne) (lakṣmī)
• Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ (or) (lakṣmi)
• Persian: لاکشمی (lâkšmi)
• Portuguese: Lakshmi f, Laxmi f
• Punjabi: ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ (lakśamī)

  Western Punjabi: لکشمی (pnb) (lakśamī)

• Russian: Лакшми́ (ru) (Lakšmí)
• Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी (sa) f (lakṣmī)
• Tamil: இலட்சுமி (ta) (ilaṭcumi), இலக்குமி (ta) (ilakkumi), அலைமகள் (ta) (alaimakaḷ), மலர்மகள் (ta) (malarmakaḷ)
• Telugu: లక్ష్మి (te) (lakṣmi)
• Thai: พระลักษมี (prá láksàmĕe)
• Turkish: Lakşmi
• Urdu: لکشمی (lakṣmī)
• Vietnamese: Cát Tường Thiên

Further reading

• Lakshmi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lakshmi f

1. alternative form of Laxmi