Sjakina

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Sjakina.

I know, it's cre8v fullstop, but a friend of a friend has a 6 year old daughter named Sjakina.

(It's pronounced Sha-ky-na)

What do you think?

I think it has a nice ring to it, but it's horrible to figure out how to pronounce/spell.

Comments

[ferretiger.livejournal.com]

i'm really not understanding how you put s and j next to each other and get a "sha". is this from another language??

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that in some languages a J makes a ya sound, making it kinda like Shya-ky-na maybe?

I have no idea.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure one of the languages spoken in India (is it Hindi?) has that sound created from sj. Or someplace over around India. I'm pretty sure it's India.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

But there's not such thing as S and J in Hindi. They use a different writing system.

[wykd-faerie.livejournal.com]

OT- but your icon made me giggle out loud!

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Norwegian does the sj=sh thing for sure. Possibly also Swedish and Icelandic.

But I have never heard the name Sjakina itself.