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# aditya

noun (a name) — Aditya

«aditya» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) A boy's name common in India, from Sanskrit, often taken to mean «the sun». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#m1)
2. (Hindu belief) In Hindu tradition, the Adityas are a group of gods, and Aditya is a name for the sun god Surya. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#m2)
3. The name of India's space probe Aditya-L1 that studies the Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#m3)

### In the lessons

Met as a person's name in class lists and stories, and in lessons on Hinduism or space. It is a name, not an ordinary English word.

### Examples

- Aditya sits next to me in maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#x1)
- Aditya's grandma told us a story from India. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#x2)
- In Hindu tradition, Aditya is a name for the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#x3)
- Aditya-L1 is an Indian spacecraft that watches the Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#x4)
- Aditya scored the winning goal at lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#x5)
- Our teacher asked Aditya to read the poem aloud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/#x6)

### Note

A proper name, so it takes a capital letter: Aditya. Said roughly «a-DIT-ya». Not an English word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aditya» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aditya/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aditya» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aditya.html) on Mova free.