Etymology

Phani

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Today it means: A male given name from Sanskrit. Full definition →

Sanskrit फणिन्
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromफणिन्
  2. English todayPhani

From Sanskrit फणिन् (phaṇin, ‘hooded’, a serpent).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.