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Revision as of 19:22, 4 September 2020 by KuroMina (talk | contribs) (Updated the "See also" section.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Yasha (Template:Lang-ru) is the Russian diminutive form of the male given name Yakov (Я́ков, Иа́ков), the equivalent of the given names Jacob and James.
Yasha (Template:Lang-fa) is also used by Iranians and Iranian Turks (Azeris in Iran) as a male given name; in those languages, the word Yasha means "to live" and the name Yashar means "to live forever".
Yasha is a female name used in India and by Hindus. It is derived from sanskrit words "Yashas" or "Yash " (यशस्) (यश), meaning fame, renown or glory.
People with the name
- Gu Yasha (born 1990), Chinese footballer
- Nidhi Yasha (born 1983), Indian costume designer
- Yasha Asley (born 2003), British mathematics child prodigy
- Yasha Khalili (born 1988), Iranian footballer
- Yasha Levine, Russian-American investigative journalist and author
- Yasha Malekzad (born 1984), English music video director and producer
- Yasha Manasherov (born 1980), Israeli Greco-Roman amateur wrestler
- Yashas Shetty, Indian contemporary artist, biohacker, and musician
Fiction
- Yasha (manga), a manga series by Akimi Yoshida
- Yasha, a character in the 2012 action video game Asura's Wrath
- Yasha, a character in the 1993 anime film Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie
- Yasha Nydoorin, a character in the D&D web series Critical Role
Other
- Yasha (夜叉, やしゃ), Japanese name for the yakshas, powerful nature spirits in Buddhist mythology
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Yasha
- All pages with titles containing Yasha
- Yash (disambiguation)
- Yaksha (disambiguation)
- Yeshua (disambiguation)
References
- "Meaning and origin of name Yasha". All Baby Names. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- "The Name Origin and Meaning of Yasha". Baby Names Country. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- یاشا. nameniko.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
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