Pratibha
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Language(s) | Sanskrit |
Origin | |
Meaning | "genius" "ingenuity" "light" "intelligence" "splendour" |
Region of origin | India |
Other names | |
Related names | Protiva |
Pratibha (Sanskrit: प्रतिभा, romanized: Pratibhā) is a Hindu Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which means "genius", "ingenuity", "light", "intelligence", and "splendour".[1]
Notable people named Pratibha
[edit]- Pratibha Patil (born 1934), 12th President of India
- Pratibha Ray (born 1943), Indian academic and writer
- Pratibha Satpathy (born 1945), Indian poet
- Pratibha Singhi (born 1951), Indian pediatric neurologist
- Pratibha Parmar (born 1955), British director, producer and writer
- Pratibha Nandakumar (born 1955), Indian poet, journalist, feminist, columnist and activist
- Pratibha Singh (born 1956), Indian politician and member of the parliament
- Pratibha Rani (born 1956), Indian judge
- K. Pratibha Bharati (born 1956), Indian politician
- Pratibha Shukla (born 1960), Indian politician and member of legislative assembly
- Pratibha Prahlad (born 1962), Indian dancer and choreographer
- Pratibha Sinha (born 1969), Indian-Nepalese actress
- Pratibha Dhanorkar (born 1986), Indian politician and member of legislative assembly
- Pratibha Ranta (born 2000), Indian actress
- Pratibha Gai, British microscopist
- Pratibha Paul, Indian actress
- Pratibha Advani, Indian talk show host, anchor and producer
- Pratibha Singh Baghel, Indian singer
See also
[edit]- Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank, an Indian cooperative bank founded by Pratibha Patil
- Pratibha cauvery, an oil tanker that ran aground when cyclone Nilam made landfall
- Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, an Indian system of schools run by the Directorate of Education, Government of Delhi
- Valmiki-Pratibha, an Indian opera created by Rabindranath Tagore
- Hello Pratibha, an Indian television drama show which aired on Zee TV
References
[edit]- ^ www.wisdomlib.org (2017-04-28). "Pratibha, Pratibhā, Prātibha: 15 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2023-03-31.