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Names for “light”

10 names

Sanskrit · Bengali

Arka

The sun; ray of light

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Hebrew

Avner

My father is a light

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Hebrew

Elior

My God is my light

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Chinese

Guang

Light; brightness with the cited Chinese characters

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Tamil

Kathir

Ray of light; ear of grain

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Persian

Roshan

Bright; full of light

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Finnish

Valo

Light

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Turkish · Arabic

Burak

Derived from Buraq, associated with lightning

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Tagalog · Filipino

Kidlat

Lightning

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