Thakur

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feudal title honorific title social title

Thakur is a traditional Indian feudal and honorific title historically used by landowning nobility and warrior elites, particularly among Rajput communities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Thakur canonical	11
Thakur Sahib	4
Sawai	1
Thakore Saheb	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feudal title ⓘ honorific title ⓘ social title ⓘ
associatedWith	Rajputs ⓘ surface form: Rajput communities landowning nobility ⓘ warrior elites ⓘ
contrastedWith	commoner titles ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalContext	Hindu society ⓘ
domain	Indian feudal system ⓘ
etymologyLanguage	Sanskrit ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo	Sanskrit term "thakkura" ⓘ
function	indicator of landownership ⓘ indicator of martial lineage ⓘ marker of social status ⓘ
genderUsage	primarily male title ⓘ
hasPluralForm	Thakurs ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern India ⓘ medieval India ⓘ
historicalRole	feudal lord ⓘ landholder ⓘ local chieftain ⓘ
linkedToCasteGroup	Rajputs ⓘ some Brahmin groups ⓘ some Other Backward Classes groups ⓘ
modernUsage	honorific in rural areas ⓘ surname ⓘ
region	Central India ⓘ northern India ⓘ surface form: North India Western India ⓘ
relatedConcept	jagirdar ⓘ zamindar ⓘ
semanticField	chieftainship ⓘ lordship ⓘ nobility ⓘ
socialHierarchyPosition	above peasant cultivators ⓘ
socialStratum	upper caste groups ⓘ
status	hereditary title in many lineages ⓘ
titleFor	landed gentry ⓘ local rulers ⓘ warrior nobility ⓘ
usedAs	form of address ⓘ title of respect ⓘ
usedBy	Rajputs ⓘ surface form: Rajput clans some non-Rajput landowning groups ⓘ
usedIn	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jadeja Rajputs → associatedTitle → Thakur ⓘ

Rajputs → title → Thakur ⓘ

Princely State of Porbandar → rulerTitle → Thakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thakur Sahib

Jasdan State → titleOfRuler → Thakur ⓘ

Jam (for some ruling branches) → relatedTitle → Thakur ⓘ

subject surface form: Jam (royal title)

Morvi State → titleOfRuler → Thakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thakur Sahib

Morvi State → titleOfRuler → Thakur ⓘ

Maharaja Jai Singh II → honorificTitle → Thakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sawai

Jadeja dynasty → hasTitle → Thakur ⓘ

Jhala dynasty → hasTitle → Thakur ⓘ

Dhrol State → hasTitleOfRuler → Thakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thakore Saheb

Princely State of Rajkot → hasTypeOfRuler → Thakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thakur Sahib

Porbandar State → rulerTitle → Thakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thakur Sahib

Tagore → variantTransliteration → Thakur ⓘ

Thakur family → familyNameForm → Thakur ⓘ

Rao → relatedTitle → Thakur ⓘ