Talk:Natasha
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Macaque
[edit]The part about Natasha in the main Macaque articles has been updated to make it clearer that this is not likely to be evolution, to bring it in line this one. --Zerbey 20:51, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Bemba
[edit]Natasha is also a common female name in the Bemba/Nyanga languages in Zambia. It means "I thank you". The root verb being 'uku-tasha' (to thank) and the 'Na' referring to oneself. The prefix can also be replaced with other pronouns eg. 'Twatasha' which is the plural form meaning "We thank you". The pronunciation of the name is only slightly different from a western one. Emphasis is placed on the first syllable and all the vowels are pronounced 'ah'. -- personal communication (I was named Natasha by my Zambian parents)
Usage in Russian
[edit]In Russia "Natasha" is still a pet name of "Natalia". You will never meet girl with "Natasha" printed in her birth certificate / passport / license. This is so obvious, that I doubt that it is mentioned in any Russian source. 134.159.163.135 (talk) 06:11, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Tasha
[edit]Tasha is a redirect to this page, but where is Tasha in here? Nowhere. If something is redirected, shouldn't it be then addressed? 85.217.46.172 (talk) 17:37, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
I put at least one in. Archon Shiva (talk) 06:44, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
About the Hindu Sanskrit origin
[edit]"The Indian Hindu name has several meanings in Sanskrit including, 'of subdued desire'." The editor who added this could only have been talking about the Sanskrit natāśā (नताशा) Naθɑːshɑː in IPA, nataashaa in ITRANS, which is नता+आशा nataa+aashaa "subdued desire" while the Russian one is pronounced NaTaaShaa I guess. In any case, there is not even remotely any question of being cognates here. As such this does not deserve an entry here.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nidhishunnikrishnan (talk • contribs) 14:12, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I think this does need to be mentioned on this page. As far as I can tell, at least 5 of the famous people listed are of Indian origin. The Indian version of the name is likely not of Slavic origin, yet is spelled the same. The Indian name is also supposed to be pronounced very similarly to the Slavic one. In Indian English they would be pronounced the same, both with unaspirated /t/[1]. I believe your IPA is wrong here, 2 Indian people I know named Natasha both say their names as /nətɑːʃɑː/, which would be written as "नताशा" in Devanagari. /θ/ is closest to 'थ' in Devanagari, but still isn't the right sound there[2].
Alternatively, Nikita (given name) has made a separate section of people with the Indian version of the name, but this is not ideal, since it would be speculation to guess if a person was named based on the Sanskrit word or based on the Slavic name.