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    Mar 2, 2011, 02:12 PM
    Sanskrit translation help
    I'm looking for the names "Hayley" and "Evan" to be translated into sanskrit if anyone can help please.
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    Mar 3, 2011, 09:44 AM
    Using the standard usual pronunciations of the names as given on Wikipedia (/ˈheɪli/ and /ˈɛvən/), the closest approximations in Sanskrit are:

    * Hayley: हेलि (pronounced /ɦeːli/, hay-li). Second choice: हेली (pronounced /ɦeːliː/, hay-lee, with a long vowel at the end).

    * Evan: एवन् (pronounced /eːʋɐn̪/, halfway between ay-vun and ay-wun). There's no "short e" vowel in Sanskrit (so the first vowel will be long), or v-w distinction. You can also write एवन but most Sanskrit scholars would pronounce it as /eːʋɐn̪ɐ/ (ay-vun-uh), though some Indians (influenced by Hindi and other modern languages) may drop the inherent vowel at the end and pronounce it /eːʋɐn̪/, ay-vun.

    BTW, what you want is transliteration or transcription (something in Sanskrit with the same sound), not translation (something with the same meaning).
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    Mar 3, 2011, 09:44 AM

    Using the standard usual pronunciations of the names as given on Wikipedia (/ˈheɪli/ and /ˈɛvən/), the closest approximations in Sanskrit are:

    * Hayley: हेलि (pronounced /ɦeːli/, hay-li). Second choice: हेली (pronounced /ɦeːliː/, hay-lee, with a long vowel at the end).

    * Evan: एवन् (pronounced /eːʋɐn̪/, halfway between ay-vun and ay-wun). There's no "short e" vowel in Sanskrit (so the first vowel will be long), or v-w distinction. You can also write एवन but most Sanskrit scholars would pronounce it as /eːʋɐn̪ɐ/ (ay-vun-uh), though some Indians (influenced by Hindi and other modern languages) may drop the inherent vowel at the end and pronounce it /eːʋɐn̪/, ay-vun.

    BTW, what you want is transliteration or transcription (something in Sanskrit with the same sound), not translation (something with the same meaning).

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