More Marathi last names!

Continuining on my previous post, here are some more interesting Marathi last names: Godbole (Sweet talker) Kadu (Bitter) Khatmode (Bed breaker?) Kharche (money spender?) Zope (sleeper?) Potphode (stomach breaker?) Gabale (untidy?) …

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Some interesting Marathi names

Marathi surnames are very interesting. One of the most fascinating surnames is Pai. In Marathi language, it is just one letter. I have tried to group some Marathi surnames into some interesting combinations (rough meanings in parenthesis). Wagh (Tiger) Waghdhare (Tiger catcher) Waghmare (Tiger killer) Khare (True) Khote (False) Landge (Wolf) Kolhe (Fox) Bhoot (Ghost) [...]

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Last names… again

This time, about Marathi surnames. Wikipedia states: “In Maharashtra and Gujarat, the naming system is very similar to the first-middle-last format followed in the western world. e.g. “Sunil Manohar Gavaskar”, here “Sunil” is the (first) name of the person. “Manohar” is the father’s name, which is often abbreviated as an initial, and “Gavaskar” is the [...]

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Concatenated Bengali last names

Two things about an eastern state of India, West Bengal, surprise me: 1. Why is it still called West Bengal, when East Bengal has been renamed to Bangladesh and is not even a part of India? 2. The Bengalis have very peculiar last names (surnames). At one end are surnames such as Sen, Gupta, Dutta, [...]

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