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Kashmiri says about the surname Wazir Actually a very common Kashmiri surname. Example: actress Shivani Wazir. In fact, I have some family members with this surname as well.
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Kashmiri says about the surname Jalali "Jalali"- someone from Jalalabad (Afghanistan). Of course, this is Afghan influence on Kashmiris
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Kashmiri says about the surname Chandra I have never heard of this as a surname for Pandits
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Leela says about the surname Moza Supposed to be short form of "Mozaz" which is a Hebrew word that means "Great/Respected" but also is of course the name of the hebrew prophet Moses. Over time, the "z" in mozaz came to be cut out and it was shortened to just moza.
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Fotedar says about the surname Fotedar Fotedar is a mix of Persian-Arabic and means a "keeper of jewels". So it is basically denotes a "Treasurer" in the Royal Courts. A lot of KP surnames are Persian-Arabic and Afghan (Pashtun) in origin. It has absolutely nothing to do with any animal part....As a fotedar, I am not sure why you would even think that!
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Kushal Kandhari says about the surname kandhari Not only 1 family but many more for eg. we are from habbakadal, srinagar...
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Ambar Jailkhani says about the surname jailkhani Jailkhani surname is a direct descendant of the Kaul Surname. My Fathers (& hence my) surname is Jailkhani. My Grandfather wrote his surname as Kaul. The "Jailkhani" surname is rather rare, & I personally know of only 4 or 5 other families with this surname. We were not the first Jailkhanis, as one of our cousin families also uses Jailkhani as their surname from much earlier. Not sure how this surname came into being, but sounds recent. Wonder if all other Jailkhani's are of Kaul origin ?
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Raihan says about the surname Wangu Who are Wangu's.
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Chandra Mohan Kaul says about the surname Kaul kauls are supposed to be vanshaj of datt-tray rishi inventor of tantra shastra in hindu mythology hence were felt most powerful in the kashmiri society and it was felt that they will never speak lie or ditch any person who comes in their contact hence they are called KAUL derived from urdu whitch means VACHAN in hindi langgage
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Amritendra says about the surname Bhat Bhatt or bhat is common sir name in in north india too. mostly u will find it in gujrat and rajasthan. they have also strong appearance in Bihar,jharkhand,up, mp . they belong to brahmin community but there population is less compare to other brahmin
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