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Surname · Gujarati

જોશી

જોશી (jośī) is a surname from Prakrit, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Gujarati.

GujaratiWritten in Gujarati script. In English: jośī.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

જોશી comes from Prakrit, and ultimately from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀅, from Sanskrit ज्यौतिषिक.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

જોશી’s family of names

In Gujarati usage, જોશી as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as jośī. In Gujarati usage, જોશી as a surname has a related form in જોષી.

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જોશીjośīજોષીJoshi

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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