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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'. [9 ...
3.2 Pakistani. 4 Historical figures. 5 Journalists. 6 Legal professionals. ... The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh province. [1
Sindhi [156] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official institutional status and has plans to being promoted further. [157] It is also spoken by a further 4.8 million people in India, where it is a scheduled language , without any state-level official status.
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
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Pathans of Sind or Sindhi Pathan (Sindhi: پٺاڻ) are communities of Pashtun descent settled in Sindh and can be referring to Sindhified Pashtun communities. They are living in Sindh for centuries and have adopted the norms and culture of Sindh. Many bear the tribes Tareen, Naghar, Agha, and Kakar.
Many Sindhis are Muslim, and to a lesser extent Hindu.Their given names are generally of Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Indian origin. The full name have first name, middle name (usually of the father name or a Religious personality) and last name (surname / caste), some also use titles at beginning of first names.
Pages in category "Sindhi people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 250 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.