Zalak
Zalak means Glimpse, radiance, glow.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Gujarati |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Starts with | Z |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Mithun
- Nakshatra: Ardra
- More names starting with Z
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Glimpse, radiance, glow”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Noor — Meanings families give: Light, divine light; Light, divine radiance and glow; Light, divine light, radiance
- Ziya — Meanings families give: Light, enlightenment; Light, glow, splendour
- Arun — Meanings families give: Dawn, red; Rising sun, red-hued dawn sky, charioteer of Sun; Dawn, reddish; Dawn, reddish glow of sunrise; Reddish brown, dawn, sun; Dawn, reddish glow of the rising sun
- Deepthi — Meanings families give: Flame, brightness, glow; Light, brightness, brilliance; Brightness, glow, radiance
- Zoha — Morning light, dawn glow
- Tejal — Meanings families give: Bright, lustrous, radiant glow; Bright, brilliant, lustrous; Brilliant, radiant, sharp; Bright, radiant, lustrous
More girls' names of Gujarati origin
Other names under Mithun rashi
- Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
- Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
- Dev — God, divine being
- Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Zalak has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.