Tanvi
तन्वीslender, delicate
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Tanishka
तनिष्का
goddess of gold
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Tanishka is popularly glossed as ‘goddess of gold’ or ‘ambition’, but its meaning is unresolved in the available evidence. No supporting source is cited for either gloss. Proposed connections include an extension of Tanisha or Sanskrit tanu, associated with the body or slenderness. The dictionaries consulted do not establish either derivation for Tanishka, so these explanations remain proposals rather than confirmed meanings of the whole name.
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
तनिष्का is read ta-nish-kaa, in three syllables with a long ending. Tanishqa and Tanishkaa are alternative Roman spellings. The sh is made with the tongue curled back in this Devanagari form and joins directly to k. The first two vowels remain short.
Also spelled Tanishqa, Tanishkaa.