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हृदानgift of the heart
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Jiya
जिया
heart, life
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Jiya is associated with the heart or life in Hindi-Urdu usage, including film lyrics. Related Hindi words provide the linguistic context: jī can mean ‘heart’ or ‘mind’, and jīvan means ‘life’. The exact dictionary page for जिया instead records ‘lived’ and a separate name connected with Arabic radiance. ‘Heart or life’ therefore describes the name's modern usage and associations, rather than a direct definition under that headword.
Source: Wiktionary, जिया. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
जिया, written جیا in Urdu, is read ji-yaa, with a short i and a long ending. Jia and Jiah are alternative Roman spellings. The j is like that in ‘jam’. Ziya is better kept distinct because it belongs to an Arabic name associated with radiance.
Also spelled Jia, Jiah.