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Earliest groups of Sindhis came to the island of Ceylon which is the now modern day country of Sri Lanka estimated two centuries ago in hopes for business and trade. [3] and they came via migration from Hyderabad city of Sindh.
Khudabadi is one of the four scripts used for writing Sindhi, the others being Perso-Arabic, Khojki and Devanagari script. [2] It was used by Sindhi Workies (traders and merchants) to record their information and rose to importance as the script began to be used to record information kept secret from other non-Sindhi groups. [citation needed]
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 ...
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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.
Sindhi groom with "Morh" and garland made of money. A wedding procession called jjanjja takes place from the groom's house to the bride's house. Traditionally, the groom rode on a horse or on camel surrounded by his relatives and friends; nowadays a decorated car may also be used. The procession members dance, sing, and play music.
Sindhi literature is the composition of oral and written scripts and texts in the Sindhi language in the form of prose: (romantic tales, and epic stories) and poetry: (Ghazal, Wai and Nazm). The Sindhi language is considered to be one of the oldest languages [ 174 ] of Ancient India , due to the influence of the language of Indus Valley ...