Khondakar

Khandakar (Bengali: খন্দকার, romanized: Khondokar) is a Bengali Muslim surname found in Bangladesh and neighbouring East Indian regions.

Khandakar
PronunciationKhondokar
Language(s)Bengali
Origin
Word/namePersian
Region of originBangladesh, East India
Other names
Alternative spellingKhandaker, Khondakar, Khondaker

Etymology and history

The Bengali surname comes from the Persian verb Khandan (Persian: خواندن‎, romanized: Khavândan, lit. 'To read') and the Old Persian suffix Gaar (Persian: گار‎, romanized: Gâr) which joins the root of the verb to mean the one who reads. The Bengali definition of the word is an instructor or teacher. The usage of Persian as an official language in Bengal was common during the rule of the Bengal Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. The Persians as well as members of the Turco-Persian tradition were a large immigrant community during both periods in which they integrated with the local Bengali community.[1] Many Persians in Bengal became teachers, lawyers, scholars and clerics.[2]

Variations

Variations of the surname Khandakar also remain very common. These include different English transliterations and regional pronunciations of the term. Different English spellings include: Khandaker, Khondoker, Khondokar, Khondaker, Khondkar, Khandker, and Khondakar.

Note that the spelling variant Khandekar (Devanagari: खांडेकर) is a surname typically found in Maharashtrian Brahmin families, where the surname denotes the native place of their ancestors.

Notables with the surname

Khondakar

Khondaker

Khandaker

Khandakar

Other
gollark: Apparently it puts me at "social darwinism", "one world government", "individualist", "anti-moral", "anti-groupism", "modern technology", "post-race", "secular", "regional centrism", "don't care ism", "realistic" and "irenic".
gollark: Why does the author like saying "spook" so much?
gollark: Why does this contain ridiculous straw nihilism and the phrase "intergalactic space empire"?
gollark: Hmm, these questions are also bad, I rate them <:icosidodecahedron:726025762590949426> out of 7+5i.
gollark: These "12wackies" axes are bad.

See also

References
  1. Abdul Karim (2012). "Iranians, The". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah (2012). "Persian". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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