Chaudhary
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Chaudhary is an honorific title commonly used in parts of South Asia to denote a person of social standing, leadership, or landowning status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chaudhary canonical | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
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honorific title ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agrarian communities
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landowning groups ⓘ |
| denotes |
community leader
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landowner ⓘ person of social standing ⓘ tax-collecting official ⓘ village headman ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom |
Prakrit chaudhari
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Sanskrit caturdhara ⓘ |
| genderUsage | primarily male title ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Bengali
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Bhojpuri ⓘ Haryanvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Nepali NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthani ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Chaudhari
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Chaudhry NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaudhuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Chowdary NERFINISHED ⓘ Chowdhari NERFINISHED ⓘ Chowdhary NERFINISHED ⓘ Chowdhry NERFINISHED ⓘ Chowdhuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Chowdhury NERFINISHED ⓘ Chowdury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
intermediary between state and peasants
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revenue collector under various South Asian polities ⓘ |
| scriptForm |
"چوہدری" in Urdu script
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"चौधरी" in Devanagari NERFINISHED ⓘ "চৌধুরী" in Bengali script ⓘ |
| usedAs |
clan name
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hereditary title ⓘ personal surname ⓘ title of respect ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Gujjar communities
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Jat communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajput communities ⓘ Yadav communities ⓘ various OBC groups in North India ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Afghanistan
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Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.