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Bakshi may refer to:

Indian title

Bakshi is a historical title used in India, deriving from Persian word for "paymaster", and originating as the title of an official responsible for distributing wages in Muslim armies.[1]

Indian surname

Derived from the historical title, "Bakshi" came to be used as a surname among Hindus and Sikhs of the Punjab region in India.[1]

Jewish surname

Bakshi is also a Jewish surname, from the Turkish word for garden.[citation needed]

Other surname

Fictional characters

See also

  • Bakhshi
  • Bakshy (sometime spelled bakshi) a shamanic music by Turkish people from Norther Iran and Turkish countries

References

  1. ^ a b Patrick Hanks; Richard Coates; Peter McClure, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.