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* The '''[[Tuluva Hebbars]]''', a community of [[Tulu language|Tulu]]-speaking brahmins.
* The '''[[Tuluva Hebbars]]''', a community of [[Tulu language|Tulu]]-speaking brahmins.
* The '''[[Havyaka]]''', a Brahmin community.
* The '''[[Havyaka]]''', a Brahmin community.
* The '''[[Chitpavan Hebbar]]''', a [[Marathi]] speaking brahmin community where [[hebbar]] is a family name instead of surname which is given to the head of the village in all the activities.

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Revision as of 14:45, 14 January 2010

"Hebbar" is a Kannada word, derived from "hebbu/hiridhu" (meaning big) and "haruva" (meaning brahmin). The word is used as last name in some Brahmin communities in Karnataka: