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Kashvi
काश्वीSay it KAASH-vee
- Meaning today
- Shining, bright
- In the dictionaries
- Not in the classical dictionaries; most likely a modern name
- Say it
- KAASH-vee
- Written
- काश्वी
- Other spellings
- Kaashvi
- First sound
- का · Mithun rashi
Kashvi
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Kashvi meaning
Kashvi (काश्वी) is a Hindu girl's name. By its first sound, का, it is a Mithun rashi name (Mrigashira nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Meaning today
Shining, bright
In the dictionaries
The name isn't in the classical dictionaries we use, so it is most likely a modern name. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Kashvi (काश्वी) is a modern Indian girls' name, usually explained on name lists as 'shining' or 'bright'. We could not find the word itself in the standard Sanskrit dictionaries: neither Monier-Williams nor Apte has an entry kāśvī. The nearest dictionary word is the root kāś, which Monier-Williams defines as to be visible, to shine or be brilliant, and to look pleasing, with an intensive form meaning to shine brightly. No dictionary, however, forms a word kāśvī from that root, so the connection is a plausible reading rather than a recorded derivation. The meaning 'shining' is best treated as a modern sense that has grown up with the name.
References: Monier-Williams, kāś, p. 280
Fits your syllable
First sound का
Mrigashira nakshatra, pada 3 · Mithun rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Kashvi · Kaashvi