Simhadri surname meaning

Word history

Wiktionary records సింహాద్రి (siṁhādri) as a Telugu surname. The entry explains a Sanskrit compound of siṃha, lion, and adri, mountain. It also records a hill-name sense. సింహాద్రి retains the compound in Telugu script, including the nasal element in the first part. The literal translation concerns a landscape name, without asserting an individual’s connection to a particular hill or a history of migration.

Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense

Literal dictionary sense

Native-script forms

Place name

Simhadri · సింహాద్రి.

Wiktionary · place-name derivation

Sources and attribution

• Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense

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