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[ syll. (s)ha-kun-ta-la, sh-akunt-ala ] The girl name Shakuntala is pronounced as -SHAAKAHNTAALah †. Shakuntala is used mostly in the Indian language and its language of origin is Sanskrit. Derived from the word 'shakunta' which means bird. In Kalidasa's 5th-century classical play Abhijnanashakuntalam, the heroine Shakuntala was abandoned in the forest and thereafter raised by birds; she later meets and marries the king Dushyanta. Shakuntala is unusual as a baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Shakuntala include the Hebrew Shaindel, the English Shandell, the English Shandelle, the English Shantal, the English Shantalle, the English Shantel, the English Shantell, the English Shauntell, the English Shawntile, the English Shawntille, the name Shontel, the English Cindal, the English Cindel, the English Cindell, the English Cindyl, and the name Cyndel.
† approx English pronunciation for Shakuntala: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
