Thakur (Bengali surname)
Thakur[1] (ঠাকুর), thākura ben are the words derived from the Sanskrit word thakkura (ठक्कुर) san means Administrator or Jamindaar.[2] Used in term of respect – chief, lord, master.[3] Name of a Kshatriya family in Bengal which members have anglicised as Tagore.[4] Thakur as a Bengali surname derived from "Thakurmashai" or ‘holy sir’ for any Bengali Brahmins and also for someone of high spiritual esteem. The surname was given out of respect for any Kshatriya family earlier who used to hold a different title (surname) like Tagore .
Thakur is also an Indian feudal and colonial title in Hindi.
People with surname Thakur
Here is a note of notable people with surname "Thakur"
- Dwarkanath Tagore
- Ramanath Tagore
- Debendranath Tagore
- Dwijendranath Tagore
- Ganendranath Tagore
- Satyendranath Tagore
- Jyotirindranath Tagore
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Monali Thakur
- Soumendra Nath Thakur
- Bhaktivinoda Thakur
- Vidyapati Thakur
See also
- Thakur (Indian title)
- Thakar (Tribe), an Adivasi people in Maharashtra, India
- Thakar (Rajput) - a Rajput caste of India.
- Thakor is also another name of Hindu Rajput.
- Thakore, a Rajput caste in Gujarat, India
- See origin of Tagore family
References
- ^ Page 915, Yule, Henry. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases... London: J. Murray, 1903.
- ^ Page 160, 253, 350 - Biswas, Sailendra. Samsada Bangala abhidhana. 7th ed. Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2004. - Digital Dictionaries of South Asia..
- ^ Retrieved on 2013-09-21 from Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit by Klaus Glashoff.
- ^ Page 915, Yule, Henry. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases... London: J. Murray, 1903.