Surname · Gujarati
ગાંધી
“perfumer”
ગાંધી (gāndhī) is a surname from Middle Gujarati, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Gujarati.
GujaratiWritten in Gujarati script. In English: Gandhi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ગાંધી goes back to Sanskrit गान्धिक, meaning “perfumer.”
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Where it comes from
ગાંધી comes from Middle Gujarati, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle Gujarati गांधी, from Apabhramsa गंधीय, from Prakrit 𑀕𑀁𑀥𑀺𑀅, from Sanskrit गान्धिक (“perfumer”).
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ગાંધી’s family of names
In Gujarati usage, ગાંધી as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form GANDHI. In Gujarati usage, ગાંધી as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as gāndhī.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
ગાંધી has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
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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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