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Help[Facts] Re: Seeking Name Meaning Unexpected/Surprise
in reply to a message by la-petite-rachel
Karishma is not a Sanskrit word. It is the name of an Indian film actress. I do not know its etymology (I do not recognize it as a common Hindi/Urdu word), but my best guess would be Greek χάρισμα, divine gift etc., ultimately cognate with English greed.
vismaYa is a Sanskrit word. The root is smi, cognate with English smile, that with the prefix vi (which typically means "apart", "between", "against", "without", etc.) it means to wonder. vismaYa is the noun form meaning wonder (It can also mean "without hubris" since smaYa, smiling can also mean arrogant). It is the common word for wonder in a bunch of north Indian languages. It has been used only recently as a name.
prakhyA is also a Sanskrit word. It derives from khyA which means to announce (and has been conjectured to be related to Latin inquam). With the prefix pra (which typically has a directional meaning "forth" or "before"), it means to make a public announcement or to publish. prakhyA is the corresponding noun meaning appearance or manifestation in the sense of made manifest. In a compound it can also mean "visible as" or "appearing as". It is thus a very specific word, and not the general word for appearance. It is not a common word in Hindi or Bengali today, though it is usable. Its use as a name is also pretty recent.
vismaYa is a Sanskrit word. The root is smi, cognate with English smile, that with the prefix vi (which typically means "apart", "between", "against", "without", etc.) it means to wonder. vismaYa is the noun form meaning wonder (It can also mean "without hubris" since smaYa, smiling can also mean arrogant). It is the common word for wonder in a bunch of north Indian languages. It has been used only recently as a name.
prakhyA is also a Sanskrit word. It derives from khyA which means to announce (and has been conjectured to be related to Latin inquam). With the prefix pra (which typically has a directional meaning "forth" or "before"), it means to make a public announcement or to publish. prakhyA is the corresponding noun meaning appearance or manifestation in the sense of made manifest. In a compound it can also mean "visible as" or "appearing as". It is thus a very specific word, and not the general word for appearance. It is not a common word in Hindi or Bengali today, though it is usable. Its use as a name is also pretty recent.
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