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मीनाक्षीone with fish-shaped eyes; queen of Madurai legend
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Girl name · Sanskrit
Naina
नैना
eyes
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Naina means ‘eyes’ in poetic or regional Hindi. Wiktionary traces it through Prakrit to Sanskrit nayana, ‘eye’, and records its use as a female given name. The plural sense refers to the eyes as a pair. This poetic register helps explain its appearance in song lyrics, while the Sanskrit connection belongs to the word's history rather than an unchanged Sanskrit form. Nayana is a fuller related name.
Source: Wiktionary, नैना. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
नैना is approximately nai-naa, with a long final vowel. In standard Hindi, the first vowel is closer to a lengthened e in ‘bed’ than English ‘eye’. Nayna is another Roman spelling. Nayana retains a fuller form and should be treated as a separate name with the same root.
Also spelled Nayna.