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I recently discovered the name Tanvi and really like it. Under "submitted names" on this site. Someone submitted the name Tanvi. They said it was Indian and meant beautiful girl. Does anyone know if this is accurate? I only ask because it was just a submitted name and not a name in the database. Thank you.
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*~Tonya Lynn aka Egyptian Princess~* *~Married to DH Jacob Elijah~*. *~Mommy to Javan Elijah~*
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*~Tonya Lynn aka Egyptian Princess~* *~Married to DH Jacob Elijah~*. *~Mommy to Javan Elijah~*
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Thank you both for your responses! :)
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Tanvi occurs in The Penguin Book of Hindu Names by Maneka Gandhi, where it is said to be from a Sanskrit word meaning "slender, beautiful, delicate, fine."
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Yes, indeed. The word is a feminine form of tanu which can mean both thin, tenuous, etc. or body, self, life, etc. The root is cognate with English thin and ultimately derives from an Indo-european root which means to spread (the adjective itself has a good Indoeuropean reconstruction). The feminine form usually means thin and beautiful in Sanskrit.
Its use as a woman's name is seen in classical Sanskrit literature already.
Its use as a woman's name is seen in classical Sanskrit literature already.
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