Anika
अनिकाgraceful; a name of Durga
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Aanya
आन्या
inexhaustible, limitless
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Aanya is usually glossed as ‘inexhaustible’, the meaning Wiktionary offers for the Indian given name, but no Sanskrit headword is supplied to support it. The related spelling Anya has separate connections to Anna in Russian and Ukrainian, and to the Irish name Áine. These routes should not be combined into a single origin. Sanskrit anyā, ‘other’, and ananyā, ‘unique’, are different words rather than established sources for Aanya, so the meaning depends on which naming tradition is intended.
No dictionary entry documents this spelling with that sense, so the meaning above is the one families use, not a dictionary definition. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
आन्या is approximately aan-yaa, in two syllables with long vowels. Keep n and y together rather than adding an extra syllable. Anya is an alternative spelling, but it also belongs to other naming traditions, including the Russian form of Anna. Aanya's doubled a makes the long opening vowel more visible.
Also spelled Anya.