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चौधरी
“name of a family or race”
चौधरी (caudhrī) is a surname from Old Marathi, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali.
Hindi and Marathi and NepaliWritten in Devanagari script. In English: caudhrī.
Meaning & origin
What it means
चौधरी goes back to Sanskrit चतुर्धर, meaning “name of a family or race.”
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Where it comes from
चौधरी comes from Old Marathi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Marathi 𑘓𑘼𑘟𑘻𑘝𑘿𑘨, from Sanskrit चतुर्धर (“name of a family or race”).
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चौधरी’s family of names
In Marathi usage, चौधरी as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Bengali form চৌধুরী. In Nepali usage, चौधरी as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as caudharī. In Hindi usage, चौधरी as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as caudhrī.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
चौधरी has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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