Dabral (surname)

Dabral (ISO: Ḍabrāl), is a surname found in Hindu community of Garhwali Gangari Brahmins primarily living in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state of India. Member of this community are also found in Kumaon region.

Dabral
Pronunciation/dæbˈrəl/ DAB-rəl
Hindi pronunciation: [ɖəbˈraːl]
Origin
Meaningderived from a village named Dabar, meaning "originated from Dabar"
Region of originPauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India
Other names
See alsoBahuguna, Barthwal, Chandola, Gairola, Hatwal, Naudiyal, Nautiyal, Semwal, Uniyal

According to their traditions they are the descendants of the Rishi Bharadwaja. Adherent of the Shaivism sect, they do worship Shiva as their prime deity.[1]

Etymology

The word Dabral is a Middle Indo-Aryan word, derived from a village named Dabar, meaning "a person originated from Dabar".[2] Dabar word is present in many modern Indo-Aryan languages meaning a small lake or pond in a country area. There are many villages named Dabar and its local variations like Dabra or Dabri scattered throughout Indian Subcontinent.

History

According to Rahul Sankrityayan's book Himalaya Parichaya: Garhwal (Hindi: हिमालय परिचय: गढ़वाल), the Dabrals were originally inhabitants of Maharashtra state of the Western India region, from where they migrated to the Himalayas in the north as a result of the Islamic invasion in the 14th century A.D.

Some sources cite that two Gaud Saraswat Brahmin brothers from Maharashtra named Raghunath and Vishwanath migrated to the Garhwal region in the year 1376 A.D. where they first settled at the hilly village Dabar in Pauri Garhwal district near the town Lansdowne in present day Uttarakhand thus given the surname Dabral. Modern day Dabrals are considered their descendants.

Notable people with the name Dabral
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See also

References
  1. People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three edited by A. Hasan & J. C. Das Part Three pages 1545 to 1549 Manohar Publications
  2. "Dabral - Names Encyclopedia". www.namespedia.com.
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