Girl · Assamese · Hindu
Jonali
जोनालीSay it JO-naa-lee
- Meaning today
- Sparkling light
- Original meaning
- "lit up by the moon or by other light; moonlit" Candrakanta Abhidhan, p. 412
- Say it
- JO-naa-lee
- Written
- जोनाली
- Other spellings
- Junali, Jonalee
Jonali
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Jonali meaning
Jonali (जोनाली) is a Hindu girl's name of Assamese origin.
Lit up by the moon or by other light; moonlit
Also used to mean: sparkling light
Jonali (जोनाली) is a purely Assamese girls' name. It comes from jon, the everyday Assamese word for the moon, and the Candrakanta Assamese dictionary defines jonālī as "illuminated by the moon or other light". On the same page are jonāk, moonlight, and jonākī, the firefly, so the name belongs to a family of soft, glowing words. Name lists give Jonali as "sparkling light", which matches the dictionary's sense of shining light. The name is used mainly in the Brahmaputra valley.
Source: Candrakanta Abhidhan, Assamese–Assamese–English dictionary (Gauhati University, 2nd ed. 1962), p. 412 · entry জোনালী (jonālī) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Candrakanta Abhidhan, jonālī and jon, p. 412
Spellings
Jonali · Junali · Jonalee