Apurv or Apurva is the common English spelling of two related Indian
given names
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: the feminine अपूर्वा ' and the masculine अपूर्व '. The masculine name is often spelled Apurv or Apoorv, as in many modern
Indo-Aryan languages
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it is pronounced without the vowel at the end, for example in
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
: . The feminine name is spelled Apurva or Apoorva and is pronounced with the vowel at the end. In
Sanskrit
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' and ' are respectively the masculine and feminine forms of the adjective meaning 'unprecedented', 'like none other', 'like never before', 'new', 'never seen before', 'one of a kind', 'rare', 'unique', 'exquisite', 'extraordinary'.
List of people with the name
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Apurva Asrani
Apurva Asrani (born 21 March 1978) is a National Award, Filmfare Award & Screen Award winning filmmaker based in Goa, India. He has written the human rights drama ''Aligarh'' (2016), the courtroom drama Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (20 ...
(born 1978), Indian film director
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Apurva Agnihotri
Apurva Agnihotri is an Indian model and actor known for his role as Armaan Suri in ''Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin''. He also participated in ''Nach Baliye'' and ''Bigg Boss''.
Personal life
In 2004, he married television actress Shilpa Saklani. In D ...
(born 1972), Indian TV actor
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Apoorva Lakhia
Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director.
Early life
Lakhia was born and brought up in Ahmedabad, India. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. He dropped out of a filmmaking course in New York University to assist Mira Nair on ''Th ...
, Indian film director
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Apoorva D. Patel, Indian physicist
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Apoorva Sengupta
Lieutenant General Apoorva Kumar Sengupta (3 August 1938 – 14 September 2013) was an Indian army officer and cricketer who played in one Test in 1959.
Cricket career
Sengupta's Test appearance came in the middle of a major controversy in Ind ...
(1938–2013), Indian army officer and cricketer
Feminine given name
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Apoorva Arora
Apoorva Arora is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Kannada films. She has also appeared in various web series and music videos. Career
She stars in Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi and Gujarati films.
She entered ...
(born 1996), Indian actress and model
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Apoorva Muralinath
Appoorva Muralinath (born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian basketball player and coach. Her career as a player was from 2005-2017, and she played on the India women's national basketball team from 2010-2015. She is a power forward/center. ...
(born 1989), Indian basketball player
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Pratiksha Apurv
Pratiksha Apurv is an Indian painter, whose work is based on her uncle Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho)'s teachings. Before moving to painting, she was a successful fashion designer. Apurv won the National Award 2015-16 given by the Lalit Kala Aka ...
(born 1964), Indian painter
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