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Most Sindhi tribes, clans and surnames are a modified form of a patronymic and typically end with the suffix - ani, Ja/Jo, or Potra/Pota, which is used to denote descent from a common male ancestor. One explanation states that the -ani suffix is a Sindhi variant of 'anshi', derived from the Sanskrit word 'ansh', which means 'descended from'.
Sindhis (/ ˈ s ɪ n d iː z /; سنڌي (Perso-Arabic), सिन्धी (); romanized: sindhī; pronounced) [18] are an Indo-Aryan [18] ethnolinguistic group, originating from and native to the Sindh region of Pakistan, who share a common Sindhi culture, history and language.
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Sindhi Pathan (Sindhi: پٺاڻ) or Pathans in Sindh are the name of ancestral Pashtun communities living in Sindh for centuries that have adopted the norms and culture of Sindh. Many bear the tribes Tareen, Naghar, Agha, and Kakar. The vast majority of Sindhi Pathans originate from Quetta and southern Afghanistan, and a few come from Khyber ...
Outside the subcontinent, it is estimated that around 24,000 Sindhi of Afghanistan are part of a much larger Sindhi people group. Almost all of the Sindhis in Afghanistan are Hanafite Muslim. [citation needed] There is also a sizeable overseas population of Sindhis in the United Kingdom and United States, other populations include in Australia ...