Mriganka
/mɹɪˈɡɑːŋ.kə/noun
A Sanskrit-derived personal name meaning “moon,” especially the moon imagined as bearing a deer-like mark.
Did you know?In Sanskrit poetry, the Moon was often described as mṛgāṅka because its dark markings were imagined as the shape of a deer.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-Iranian
PII
*mŕ̥ǵas
“Wild animal or deer; the reconstructed ancestor of Sanskrit mṛga.”
Vedic Sanskrit
Sanskrit
mṛga
“Wild animal, deer, or creature of the forest.”
Classical Sanskrit
Sanskrit
aṅka
“Mark, sign, distinguishing figure, or emblem.”
Classical Sanskrit
Sanskrit
mṛgāṅka
“The Moon, literally the deer-marked one.”
Medieval South Asia
Sanskrit-derived usage
Mṛgāṅka
“A poetic and personal name for the Moon.”
Modern English
English
Mriganka
“A South Asian given name derived from the Sanskrit lunar epithet.”