Surname · Bengali
পটেল
“village headman”
পটেল (poṭel) is a surname from Gujarati (ultimately Sanskrit). It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: poṭel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
পটেল goes back to Gujarati પટેલ, meaning “village headman.”
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Where it comes from
পটেল comes from Gujarati, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Gujarati પટેલ (“village headman”), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑀮, from Sanskrit पट्टकिल.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
পটেল’s family of names
In Bengali usage, পটেল as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as poṭel. In Bengali usage, পটেল as a surname was borrowed from the Gujarati form પટેલ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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