MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Arpan mean?
Arpan is the Sanskrit noun arpaṇa, an act of offering or entrusting. In devotional language it describes dedicating a gift or one's work to a higher purpose.
Pronunciation
IAST: arpaṇa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अर्पण
Letter-by-letter: arpaṇa
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Arpan in Indian usage
5,575 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,533 records (27.5%).
- Recorded as male: 4,042 records (72.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 385 |
| 1980s | 2,264 |
| 1990s | 2,797 |
| Other decades | 129 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,503 |
| Bihar | 1,190 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 724 |
| Jharkhand | 478 |
| Tripura | 329 |
| Rajasthan | 255 |
| Delhi | 251 |
| Haryana | 244 |
| Assam | 170 |
| Uttarakhand | 122 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 111 |
| Other states | 198 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, arpaṇa, p. 92,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.