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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Shikha may refer to: Shikha (hairstyle), a traditional Hindu hairstyle; Shikha, Nepal; Shikha (actress), South Indian film actress; Shikha Joshi, Indian actress; Shikha Kumar, Registered business based in Canberra, Australia. She is Owner and founder of Shikha Beauty Studio; Shikha Makan, Indian ad-film director, filmmaker and screenwriter.
Traditionally, Hindu men shave off all their hair as a child in a samskāra or ritual known as the chudakarana. [14] A lock of hair is left at the crown (). [15]Unlike most other eastern cultures where a coming-of-age ceremony removed childhood locks of hair similar to the shikha, in India, this prepubescent hairstyle is left to grow throughout the man's life, though usually only the most ...
Kane; Pronunciation / ˈ k eɪ n / Language(s) English: Origin; Language(s) 1. Old English 2. Welsh 3. Manx 4. Irish 5. Old French 6. Transalpine Gaulish (likely): Word/name: 1. Cana
Elsewhere, pronunciation follows the French surname, Morant, anglicised to / m ə ˈ r æ n / mə-RAN or / m ɒ ˈ r æ n / morr-AN. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are many different crests of Moran, many bearing three stars and the motto Lucent in tenebris , Latin for "They shine in darkness".
The sound now spelled with a y or z is historically a lenited slender / ɡ /, which in Gaelic is pronounced [j] (like English y ). The English/ Scots form of the name was originally spelled with a yogh ( ȝ ) as Dalȝiel ; this was later replaced with either a z , the letter of the modern alphabet which most looks like yogh, or a y , which more ...
The name's pronunciation depends on the person, family, and place. In Scotland it can be / ˈ f ɑːr k ɑːr / (listen ⓘ). In various English-speaking countries it has often been / ˈ f ɑːr k ɑːr /, / ˈ f ɑːr k ər /, [3]: 47 / ˈ f ɑːr k w ɑːr /, or / ˈ f ɑːr k w ər /. [3]: 47 Notable people with the surname include:
Dikshit (ISO: Dīkṣit, pronounced [d̪iːkhɪt̪]; also spelled as Dixit or Dikshitar) is traditionally a Hindu family name. Origin The word is an adjectival form of the Sanskrit word diksha , meaning provider of knowledge.