नेहा
Hindi
Etymology
नेह (neh) + -आ (-ā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀳 (ṇeha, “affection, love”), from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Doublet of स्नेह (sneh) and स्नेहा (snehā), tatsama variants of this name. Distant cognate with English snow.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /neː.ɦɑː/, [neː.ɦäː]
Proper noun
नेहा • (nehā) f
- a female given name, Neha
Descendants
- → English: Neha
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press