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आकांक्षा
आकांक्षा (ākāṅkṣā) is a feminine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi and Marathi.
Hindi and MarathiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Akansha.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Sanskrit आकाङ्क्षा, built from Sanskrit आ- + काङ्क्षा.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
आकांक्षा’s family of names
In Hindi usage, आकांक्षा has a conventional equivalent in the English form AKANKSHA. In Hindi usage, आकांक्षा has a conventional equivalent in the English form AKANSHA. In Marathi usage, आकांक्षा can be written in the Roman alphabet as ākāṅkṣā.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
आकांक्षा has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named आकांक्षा
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