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in reply to a message by Ylva
Do you mean Indian as in from India, or Indian as in Native American? I have heard a Shreya in India, derived from Sanskrit shreyas, cognate with κρει'ων, meaning more beautiful. The word for beauty, shrI, hiding there probably ultimately derives from a cluster of roots related to cooking, fire, and diffuse light: i.e. the sense of beauty arose from radiance or glowing; but in common usage, the closest English translation would involve grace and loveliness, as well as wealth and royal dignity.
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Thank you, her parents are from India
it is probably Shreya. Srea is hard to pronounce for us, but Shreya is even harder, this may be the reason that it is pronounced as Srea here.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
it is probably Shreya. Srea is hard to pronounce for us, but Shreya is even harder, this may be the reason that it is pronounced as Srea here.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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