Kartikeya
Kartikeya proper noun: war god, the son of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati, and the commander of Deva army.
Proper noun
Kartikeya
- war god, the son of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati, and the commander of Deva army.
- Synonyms:
- Skanda, Kumara, Kumaran, Kumar, Mahasena, Subrahmanyan, Subramanian, Subramaniam, Swaminathan, Shanmukha
Kartikeya meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Kartikeya in Hindi
- son of Shiva
- कार्तिकेय kārtikey
Kartikeya in Tamil
- son of Shiva
- கார்த்திகேயன் kārttikēyaṉ
Kartikeya in Marathi
- son of Shiva
- कार्तिकेय kārtikey
Kartikeya in Bengali
- son of Shiva
- কার্তিক kartik
More languagesFewer languages
- Kartikeya in Telugu
- కార్తికేయుడు kārtikēyuḍu
- Kartikeya in Malayalam
- കാർത്തികേയൻ kāṟttikēyaṉ
- Kartikeya in Kannada
- ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯ kārtikēya
- Kartikeya in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰਤਿਕ kārtik
- Kartikeya in Gujarati
- કાર્તિકેય kārtikeya
- Kartikeya in Odia
- କାର୍ତ୍ତିକେୟ kārttikeya
- Kartikeya in Sanskrit
- कार्त्तिकेय kārttikeya
- Kartikeya in Sinhala
- කාර්තිකේය kārtikēya
- Kartikeya in Assamese
- কাৰ্তিক kartik
- Kartikeya in Nepali
- कार्तिकेय kārtikeya
Synonyms of Kartikeya
- Skanda
- Kumara
- Kumaran
- Kumar
- Mahasena
- Subrahmanyan
- Subramanian
- Subramaniam
- Swaminathan
- Shanmukha
Forms of Kartikeya
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Origin of Kartikeya
Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya).
Questions about Kartikeya
- What does Kartikeya mean?
- Kartikeya means war god, the son of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati, and the commander of Deva army.
- What is Kartikeya in Hindi?
- Kartikeya in Hindi is कार्तिकेय (kārtikey). See Kartikeya meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kartikeya?
- Kartikeya is a proper noun.
Words near Kartikeya in the dictionary
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