Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pragya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: pragya
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Sanskrit or Hindi, meaning “Wisdom”.

Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi प्रज्ञा (prajñā), from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā). Doublet of Progya and Pirakya.

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: प्रज्ञा

Questions

What does pragya mean?: A female given name from Sanskrit or Hindi, meaning “Wisdom”.
Where does pragya come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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