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Lalita

ललिता

From Sanskrit ललित (lalita), "playful, charming, desired".

Meaning and origin

Lalita is a Sanskrit word for someone playful and charming, used as a girl's name across Hindi, Marathi and Thai, and, in the slightly altered spelling Lalitha, across Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.

How to pronounce Lalita

HindiLUH-lih-tah /ˈləlɪt̪aː/

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