Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Kehkashan
کہکشاںSay it keh-ka-SHAAN
- Meaning today
- Galaxy, milky way
- Original meaning
- "the Milky Way" Steingass, p. 1011
- Say it
- keh-ka-SHAAN
- Written
- کہکشاں
- Other spellings
- Kahkashan, Kehkasha, Kahkasha
Kehkashan
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Kehkashan meaning
Kehkashan (کہکشاں) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
The Milky Way
Also used to mean: galaxy
Kehkashan (کہکشاں) is the Persian and Urdu word for the Milky Way. Steingass's Persian dictionary records it as kāh-kashān, listed among the compounds of kāh, "straw", which suggests a trail of scattered straw across the night sky. In Urdu it is spoken as kahkashāṅ, a familiar word in poetry for the band of stars and today also for any galaxy. Name lists give the meaning as "galaxy" or "Milky Way", matching the dictionary. The name is used by Muslim families in India and Pakistan, often spelled Kahkashan.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 1011 · entry kāh-kashān (کاهکشان) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, kāh-kashān, p. 1011 · Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, kāh, p. 1010
Spellings
Kehkashan · Kahkashan · Kehkasha · Kahkasha