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Dinesh

दिनेश

Dinesh is a boy's name of Hindi origin meaning the sun.

Meaning from en.wiktionary.org.

Below: how Dinesh is written across 10 Indian scripts, its Chaldean numerology reading, the birth star traditionally linked to its first sound, and the short forms families actually use.

boy Hindi 2 syllables Root 5 · Mercury

Dinesh in 10 Indian scripts

Written out for the certificate, the invitation, and the passport form.

Hindi
दिनेश
Marathi
दिनेश
Bengali
দিনেশ
Tamil
திநேஶ
Telugu
దినేశ
Gujarati
દિનેશ
Kannada
ದಿನೇಶ
Malayalam
ദിനേശ
Punjabi
ਦਿਨੇਸ਼
Odia
ଦିନେଶ

Chaldean numerology

The traditional Chaldean system, which assigns a value to each letter by its sound.

Compound number
23
Royal Star of the Lion — protection of those highly placed
Root number
5
Ruling planet: ☿ Mercury
MediaSaaS / TechCommunicationMobilityEducation

Fields traditionally considered favourable for root 5.

Rashi & Nakshatra

By the Avakahada chakra, the syllable table used at namkaran ceremonies.

Nakshatra
Ashlesha
Pada 1
Rashi (moon sign)
Karka (Cancer)
From the first sound of Dinesh

Traditionally this table runs the other way: a pandit reads the baby's birth star from the janam kundli and gives you a syllable to start the name with. The birth chart, not the name, is the authority. We show the reverse lookup for reference.

Everyday use

Short forms
Dinu, Dini
How the name is likely to be shortened at home.
Pronunciation
Easy
2 syllables · Medium for non-Indian speakers

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