- Origin: Hindi पर्णिका, Sanskrit पर्णिका
- Meaning: “foil, silver foil, leaflet, kind of vegetable .”
- Gender: feminine
- (PAR-nee-kah)
The name comes directly from the Hindi word which can refer to a pamphlet or leaflet or silver foil. In Sanskrit, it is also the name of a type of vegetable.
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