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Tanish
तनिषSay it TUH-nish
- Meaning today
- Ambition, jewel
- In the dictionaries
- Not in the classical dictionaries; most likely a modern name
- Say it
- TUH-nish
- Written
- तनिष
- Other spellings
- Taneesh
Tanish
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Tanish meaning
Tanish (तनिष) is a Hindu boy's name.
Meaning today
Ambition, jewel
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.
Tanish (तनिष) is a modern Indian boys' name. On baby-name lists it is most often given as "ambition" or "jewel", with other sites offering "power" or "shining". We could not find Tanish, or a word it could clearly come from, in the standard Sanskrit dictionaries, so none of these meanings can be traced to a source, and the sites themselves disagree on where the name comes from. The "jewel" meaning may have been borrowed from the similar name Tanishq. Families who choose Tanish today generally use it in the sense of "ambition". Tanisha is a separate girls' name with its own history.
References: Monier-Williams, Cologne digital edition (search: tanisha, tanIza)
Fits your syllable
First sound त
Swati nakshatra, pada 4 · Tula rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is ता, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Tanish · Taneesh