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Aarush
आरुषSay it AA-roosh
- Meaning today
- First ray of the sun
- Original meaning
- "reddish; the sun; the day" Monier-Williams, p. 88
- Say it
- AA-roosh
- Written
- आरुष
- Other spellings
- Arush
Aarush
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Aarush meaning
Aarush (आरुष) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Reddish; the sun; the day
Also used to mean: first ray of the sun
Aarush (आरुष) is usually traced to Sanskrit aruṣa, "red, reddish". Monier-Williams gives the masculine noun aruṣa as "the sun" and "the day", and the feminine aruṣī as the dawn, so the word belongs to the reddish light of early morning. The modern name is written with a long Ā, while Monier-Williams and Apte list only aruṣa with a short a, so the link is likely but not stated in either dictionary. Indian name lists today explain Aarush as "first ray of the sun". That exact phrase is not in the dictionaries, but it sits close to their senses of the sun, the day and the dawn, and is best read as a modern poetic rendering of them. The girls' name Arushi belongs to the same family of words.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 88 · entry aruṣa · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, aruṣa, p. 88
Fits your syllable
First sound आ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is अ, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Aarush · Arush