Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kartikeya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: kar-tikeya
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

war god, the son of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati, and the commander of Deva army.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya).

Inflected Forms

Kartikeyan (alternative)

Synonyms

Skanda Kumara Kumaran Kumar Mahasena Subrahmanyan Subramanian Subramaniam Swaminathan Shanmukha Shanmugam Saravanan

Questions

What does kartikeya mean?: war god, the son of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati, and the commander of Deva army.
Where does kartikeya come from?: Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya).

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