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গান্ধী
“perfume-vendor; a mixed caste”
গান্ধী (gandhi) is a surname from Sanskrit. It is used in Bengali and Assamese.
Bengali and asWritten in Bengali script. In English: Gandhi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
গান্ধী goes back to Sanskrit गान्धिक, meaning “perfume-vendor; a mixed caste.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit गान्धिक (“perfume-vendor; a mixed caste”), built from Sanskrit गन्ध (“fragrance, scent, perfume”) + -इक.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
গান্ধী’s family of names
In Assamese usage, গান্ধী as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form GANDHI. In Assamese usage, গান্ধী as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as GANDHI.
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Around the world
গান্ধী has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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