Arshdeep
अर्शदीपlight of the divine realm
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Gagandeep
गगनदीप
lamp of the sky
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Gagandeep can be read as ‘lamp of the sky’, combining two Punjabi words with Sanskrit roots. Wiktionary records gagan as ‘sky’ and deep as ‘lamp’ or ‘light’. The whole name is not defined in the cited entry, so its meaning is an interpretation of those documented parts. The same light element appears in other Punjabi compounds, including Arshdeep and Jashandeep, while gagan supplies the sky imagery particular to this name.
Source: Wiktionary, ਗਗਨ. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
ਗਗਨਦੀਪ in Gurmukhi and गगनदीप in Devanagari are read ga-gan-deep, in three syllables. Both g sounds are hard, as in ‘go’, and the final ee is long. Gagandip is an alternative Roman spelling. The linked dictionary headword covers gagan, the first part of the compound.
Also spelled Gagandip.