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Given name · Malayalam

നന്ദിനി

“in Hinduism, a divine cow who can grant wishes”

നന്ദിനി (nandini) is a feminine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in Malayalam.

MalayalamWritten in Malayalam script. In English: Nandini.

Meaning & origin

What it means

നന്ദിനി is Nandini written in Malayalam script. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, a divine cow who can grant wishes.”

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Where it comes from

നന്ദിനി comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit नन्दिनी.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

നന്ദിനി’s family of names

In Malayalam usage, നന്ദിനി has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nandini. In Malayalam usage, നന്ദിനി was borrowed from नन्दिनी.

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നന്ദിനിNandiniनन्दिनी

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