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.

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Chaudhary canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf family name
honorific title
surname
associatedWith agrarian communities
landowning groups
denotes community leader
landowner
person of social standing
tax-collecting official
village headman
etymologyFrom Prakrit chaudhari
Sanskrit caturdhara
genderUsage primarily male title
hasLanguage Bengali NERFINISHED
Bhojpuri
Haryanvi NERFINISHED
Hindi
Nepali NERFINISHED
Punjabi NERFINISHED
Rajasthani
Urdu NERFINISHED
hasVariant Chaudhari NERFINISHED
Chaudhry NERFINISHED
Chaudhuri NERFINISHED
Chowdary NERFINISHED
Chowdhari NERFINISHED
Chowdhary NERFINISHED
Chowdhry NERFINISHED
Chowdhuri NERFINISHED
Chowdhury NERFINISHED
Chowdury NERFINISHED
historicalRole intermediary between state and peasants
revenue collector under various South Asian polities
scriptForm "چوہدری" in Urdu script NERFINISHED
"चौधरी" in Devanagari NERFINISHED
"চৌধুরী" in Bengali script
usedAs clan name
hereditary title
personal surname
title of respect
usedByCommunity Gujjar communities NERFINISHED
Jat communities NERFINISHED
Rajput communities
Yadav communities
various OBC groups in North India
usedInRegion Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Bangladesh NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Nepal NERFINISHED
Pakistan NERFINISHED

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