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in reply to a message by Ashmit Bhat
It is difficult to read if you type in all capitals or without punctuation. On the internet, the former is considered rude, and the latter childish.
I do not know the origin of the name, nor its meaning, but I have heard it in modern India. Culturally, the Indian subcontinent consisting of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and merging into Sri Lanka forms a continuum, and anyone would be hardpressed to distinguish, for example, a Nepali name from an Indian name. Sometimes, linguistic differences allow one to localize the names in this cultural area, but I do not know enough about this name.
A large fraction of India is hindu by tradition, and I have heard the name used in that community, I believe. I do not know if it has any connection with hinduism as a religion.
I do not know the origin of the name, nor its meaning, but I have heard it in modern India. Culturally, the Indian subcontinent consisting of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and merging into Sri Lanka forms a continuum, and anyone would be hardpressed to distinguish, for example, a Nepali name from an Indian name. Sometimes, linguistic differences allow one to localize the names in this cultural area, but I do not know enough about this name.
A large fraction of India is hindu by tradition, and I have heard the name used in that community, I believe. I do not know if it has any connection with hinduism as a religion.
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Just adding to say that at least one person with the female form of the name, ashmitA, is a Bengali and interprets her name as meaning pride, probably from the Sanskrit verbal form asmi (`am') used as a predicative noun + the suffix tA (forming abstract nouns). Unfortunately, the formation of asmit from this is not allowed by the rules of grammar, but nevertheless it can be this back formation. The sh instead of s is typical of Bengali pronounciation.
On the other hand this may be totally off-base.
On the other hand this may be totally off-base.
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