Surname · also Hindi

Tripathi

“person who has studied the three Vedas”

Tripathi is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.

Original Hindiत्रिपाठी

Meaning & origin

What it means

Tripathi goes back to Sanskrit त्रिपाठिन्, meaning “person who has studied the three Vedas.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Tripathi comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hindi त्रिपाठी, from Sanskrit त्रिपाठिन् (“person who has studied the three Vedas”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tripathi’s family of names

In English usage, Tripathi as a surname was borrowed from the Hindi form त्रिपाठी.

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Tripathiत्रिपाठी

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