Anaya
Hebrew: “God answered”; Arabic: “caring”; Igbo: “look up to God”; Sanskrit: “complete freedom”; possibly unknown (Spanish surname) [1][5][6][7]
Pronunciation
Spanish /aˈnaʝa/; English /əˈnaɪə/ [2][1]
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Hebrew: “God answered”; Arabic: “caring”; Igbo: “look up to God”; Sanskrit: “complete freedom”; possibly unknown (Spanish surname) [1][5][6][7]
Spanish /aˈnaʝa/; English /əˈnaɪə/ [2][1]
अञ्जलि (Devanagari)[2]; અંજલિ (Gujarati)[1]
Salutation / reverence (Sanskrit)[2]; "one who offers with both hands"[4]
Gujarati IPA /ˈəɲ.d͡ʒə.li/[1]; English common forms “uhn‑JAH‑lee”, “AHN‑juh‑lee”[3]
ਗੁਰਮੀਤ (Gurmukhi), गुरमीत (Devanagari)
Friend of the guru
Goor‑meet (English approximation)
ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ
love of the Guru; one who loves the Guru
पूजा (Devanagari)
Worship
/ˈpuːdʒə/
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