Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hariharan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: har-i-ha-ran
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Tamil.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil அரிஅரன் (ari’araṉ), from Sanskrit हरिहर (harihara). This surname is predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: அரிஅரன், हरिहर

Inflected Forms

Hariharans (plural)

Questions

What does hariharan mean?: A surname from Tamil.
Where does hariharan come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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