Adya is a rare
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
for both boys and girls in India. The name originates from Sanskrit and is another name for Lord Shiva.
In
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, it is a
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...
of the male first names
Avdey Avdey (russian: Авде́й) is an uncommonNikonov, p. 96 Russian male first name.Superanskaya p. 21 The Russian language borrowed the name from Byzantine Christianity in the form of Avdiy ( or Superanskaya p. 31), but in the col ...
[Petrovsky, p. 32] and
Avdiky.
[Petrovsky, p. 33]
It is shared by the following people:
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Adya Rangacharya
Adya Rangacharya (26 September 1904 – 17 October 1984), known as R.V. Jagirdar till 1948, later popularly known by his pen name Sriranga, was an Indian Kannada writer, actor and scholar, and a member of the ''Adya Jahagirdar family''. He ...
(1904–1984), Indian writer, actor, and scholar
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Zaskia Adya Mecca
Zaskia Adya Mecca (born September 8, 1987) is an Indonesian actress and presenter of Sunda-Aceh-German descent. She is married to movie director Hanung Bramantyo and the oldest sister of an actors Haykal Kamil and Marsha Natika, and a younger si ...
(b. 1987), Indonesian actress
See also
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Adya Houn'tò, a spirit associated with drumming in West African Vodun
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Adyashanti
Adyashanti ( ; Sanskrit meaning 'primordial peace'; born Stephen Gray on October 26, 1962) is an American spiritual teacher and author from the San Francisco Bay Area who offers talks, online study courses, and retreats in the United States and ab ...
, an American spiritual teacher
References
Notes
Sources
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
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