Ariana (name) Ariana (name) Ariana is a feminine Persian name, popular in many languages. Arianna and Ariane are the two most common variations. The name "Ariana" has the several possible following origins. Ariana, the Latinized form of (Greek: ἡ 'Αρειανή/Arianē), was also a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of antiquity for an extensive territory in Central Asia, east of Persia and west of India, broadly covering modern Pakistan and Afghanistan. The name of Iran (Persia) originates from the Sanskrit word Aryānā (Ariana) meaning "The Land of the Aryans". The name "Arianna" is also the Latinized form of
Etymology of Assam feature that is also seen in Sanskrit ("sur"/"asur"); therefore, "Asham" could mean the same as "Sham", and the name could be derived as "Sham" () > "Āshām" () > "Āsam" () > "Asam" (). Amalendu Guha, too derives it from "Sham"; but instead of using an Indo-Aryan rule, derives it from the Bodo form, "Ha-Sham", meaning the land of the "Sham" people. Masica too believes that "Assam" derives from an earlier attested form of "asam", "acam" which in turn is from a Burmese corruption of the name "Shan/Shyam". derives the name from a Tai root, "cham" (defeated), with an Indic