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According to folk etymology, the name "Kashmir" means "desiccated land" (from the Sanskrit: ka = water and shimīra = desiccate). [2] In the Rajatarangini, a history of Kashmir written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century, it is stated that the valley of Kashmir was formerly a lake.
The word Kashmir is thought to have been derived from Sanskrit and was referred to as káśmīra. [9] A popular local etymology of Kashmira is that it is land desiccated from water. [10] An alternative etymology derives the name from the name of the Vedic sage Kashyapa who is believed to have settled
Last names in Kashmir were created and taken on, on the basis of tribal (caste) backgrounds. [2] The Brahmins in the region were tribally divided further into 103 gotras. [2] Each gotra was further divided into distinctive krams. A kram is often the relic of a nickname applied to the ancestor of the subdivision. [2]
Wani/Vani (or Wanie, Wyne, Wain) is a surname of a caste found throughout India and Pakistan, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Maharashtra. Both Wain (pronounced like wine with a nasal 'n') and Wani/Vani are acceptable pronunciations. Historians agree that the Wani/Wain belong to the merchant caste and were originally Kashmiri Hindus.
Dhar is an Indian surname. It is commonly found among the Hindu Bengali Kayastha and Baniks including Subarnabanik community in Bengal region. [1] [2] [3] Dhar or Dar is also used by some Kashmiri and Punjabi-Kashmiri clans and communities [4] [5] [6] native to the Kashmir Valley and Punjab, and common today [4] among Kashmiri Hindus [7] and Kashmiri Muslims.
The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
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 ...
Kaul (also spelled Koul; Kashmiri: 𑆑𑆿𑆬 (), कौल (), كَوْلَ (), romanized: kaula, lit. 'well born') is a Kashmiri surname that is used by the Kashmiri Pandit community in India.