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प्रतिमा
“towards, facing”·“measure”
प्रतिमा (pratimā́) is a feminine given name. It is used in Hindi, Marathi, Old Gujarati, and Sanskrit.
Hindi and Marathi and Sanskrit and inc-oguWritten in Devanagari script. In English: pratimā́.
Meaning & origin
What it means
प्रतिमा is built from elements meaning “towards, facing” and “measure”.
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How it developed
Built from Sanskrit प्रति (“towards, facing”) + मा (“measure”).
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प्रतिमा’s family of names
In Old Gujarati usage, प्रतिमा can be written in the Roman alphabet as pratimā. प्रतिमा can be written in the Roman alphabet as pratimā́.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
प्रतिमा has relatives in 4 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named प्रतिमा
- Pratima DeviIndian Bengali artist (1893-1969)
- Pratima MondalIndian politicianborn 1966
- Pratima BhoumikIndian politicianborn 1980
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Similar names
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