Jiya
जियाheart, life
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Hridaan
हृदान
gift of the heart
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Hridaan is popularly read as ‘gift of the heart’, and the heart association is the one families intend, but the derivation remains unverified. A proposed connection is Sanskrit hṛdaya, which means ‘heart’ and can also refer to the mind, spirit or core of something. The cited sources document that word, without establishing the step to Hridaan, and the more specific ‘gift of the heart’ has no textual support here.
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
हृदान is approximately hri-daan, in two syllables with a long second vowel. Hridan and Hridhaan are alternative spellings. The opening hri may need a spoken example for English readers. The d is made near the teeth; the added h in Hridhaan is not represented in हृदान.
Also spelled Hridan, Hridhaan.