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دَانِش

Danish

DAA-nish

Knowledge, learning.”

About Danish

Danish is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "knowledge, learning" — a Persian-Urdu name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.

Persian for 'knowledge, learning'. Used widely in South Asian Muslim families.

Common Pakistani and Indian Muslim masculine name.

Origin & roots

Origin

Persian · Urdu

Gender

Boy

Root letters

Persian and Arabic share many roots through centuries of Islamic scholarship; Danish's consonants live comfortably in both.

How to say it

DAA·nish

Stressed syllable in capitals

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