name
Dilhara
dil-HAH-rah
dɪlˈhɑːrɑːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Dilhara
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)
- Meaning
- a Sinhalese masculine name that may combine elements of Persian and Sanskrit origin — dil (heart, from Persian دل, a word widely used in South Asian languages influenced by Persian) and hara (one who carries away, one who captures, from Sanskrit hara meaning to seize or steal, as in Harihar or Shankar Hara meaning Shiva who captures hearts) — creating a name that can be interpreted as the one who captures hearts or dear heart; alternatively Dilhara may be an entirely coined Sinhalese name whose elements are chosen for phonetic beauty within Sinhalese naming aesthetics; the name is associated with Dilhara Fernando (born 1979), the Sri Lankan fast bowler who was a key part of the Sri Lanka pace attack in the 2000s alongside Vaas and Malinga
- Gender
- male
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