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Malati
मालतीSay it MAA-luh-tee
- Meaning today
- Jasmine, jasmine flower
- Original meaning
- "jasmine with fragrant white flowers; a bud; moonlight" Monier-Williams, p. 814
- Say it
- MAA-luh-tee
- Written
- मालती
- Other spellings
- Malti, Malathi
- First sound
- मा · Simha rashi
Malati
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Malati meaning
Malati (मालती) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, मा, it is a Simha rashi name (Magha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Jasmine with fragrant white flowers; a bud; moonlight
Also used to mean: jasmine flower
Malati (मालती) is the Sanskrit mālatī, the large-flowered jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum. Monier-Williams notes that its fragrant white flowers open towards evening, and lists further senses: a bud or blossom, a maiden, moonlight or night, several metres and a river. Mālatī is also the heroine of Bhavabhūti's eighth-century drama Mālatī-mādhava, in which she and Mādhava overcome many obstacles to marry. Name lists give jasmine or jasmine flower, matching the dictionary. The name is used across India; Malti is the Hindi spelling and Malathi the South Indian one.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 814 · entry mālatī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, mālatī, p. 814
Famous namesakes
- Malati, heroine of Bhavabhuti's drama Malati-Madhava
Fits your syllable
First sound मा
Magha nakshatra, pada 1 · Simha rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Malati · Malti · Malathi