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6 Kashmiri clan names. 7 Punjabi clan names. 8 Sindhi clan names. 9 Saraiki tribal names. 10 Pashtun tribal names. 11 Iranian ancestral names. 12 Arabic ancestral names.
Handoo families were an educated class and trade or business family. The nickname "Handoo" was given to a man who was strong and healthy like a ram. Additionally, the Handoo nickname was given to a wealthy man or family. For example, in Kashmiri language, "yem che baed hyend" means "these are big rich people," (indicating a wealthy man). [8]
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Kashmiri kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of Kashmiri cultural anthropology. Hindu Kashmiris and Muslim Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India and other parts of the country and the world are from the same ethnic stock. Following is a list of Kashmiri surnames.
The word "Bhat" (Sanskrit: भट्ट, IAST: Bhaṭṭa) means "scholar" in Sanskrit.[2] [3] While the original shortened rendition of "Bhatta" was "Bhat" or "Bhatt," [4] many of the Kashmiri Brahmin and Kashmiri Muslim migrants to the Punjab region started spelling their surname as "Butt", which is the transliteration of the name when written using the Urdu/Persian alphabet (as opposed to ...
The Kashmiri spoken in Muzaffarabad is distinct from, although still intelligible with, the Kashmiri of the Neelam Valley to the north. [22] In Neelam Valley, Kashmiri is the second most widely spoken language and the majority language in at least a dozen or so villages, where in about half of these, it is the sole mother tongue. [22]
Pheran worn by a Kashmiri Pandit woman, 1922. Taranga. Hindu women use a headwear called "taranga" (Kashmiri pronunciation:), which is a headdress which becomes smaller down at back, towards the heels. It is popular in some areas of Kashmir. Kasaba. Kashmiri Muslim women use a headwear known as the "kasaba" (Kashmiri pronunciation:). The kasaba ...