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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Indian honorifics''' are [[honorific]] [[title]]s or appendices to names used in [[India]], covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of prefixes, suffixes or replacements.<br />
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==Native honorifics==<br />
Honorifics with native/indigenous Hindu-Buddhist origin.<br />
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===Hindu-Buddhist honorifics===<br />
====List of titles====<br />
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* [[Abhyasi]]<br />
* [[Acharya]]<br />
* [[Aasaan]]<br />
* [[Ayya (Pali word)|Ayya]]<br />
* [[Baba (honorific)|Baba]]<br />
* [[Babu (title)|Babu]]<br />
* [[Bhagavan]]<br />
* [[Bhagat]]<br />
* [[Bhai (honorific)|Bhai]]<br />
* [[Chhatrapati]]<br />
* [[Chakravarti (Sanskrit term)|Chakravarti]], [[Chakraborty]]<br />
* [[Chettiar]] (suffix denoting a man's wealth)<br />
* [[Chowdhury]]<br />
* [[Chempakaraman]]<br />
* [[Deshmukh]]<br />
* [[Dvija]]<br />
* [[Gain (surname)|Gain]] / [[Gayen]]<br />
* [[Gossain]]<br />
* [[Guru]]<br />
* [[Jagadguru]]<br />
* [[Jagir]]dar<br />
* [[Kothari (temple)|Kothari]]<br />
* [[Kumar]]i<br />
* [[Kumar (title)|Kumar]], [[Kunwar (title)|Kunwar]]<br />
* [[Mahamandaleshwar]]<br />
* [[Mahant]]<br />
* [[Maharaja|Maharaj]], [[Maharaja]], Maharajadhiraj<br />
* [[Mahātmā]]<br />
* [[Maharani]]<br />
* [[Maharishi]], [[Maharshi]]<br />
* [[Mahayoga|Mahayogi]], [[Mahayoga|Mahayogini]]<br />
* [[Mankari]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_qMH9PY9fQC&pg=PA129|author=T.N. Madan|title=Way of Life: King, Householder, Renouncer : Essays in Honour of Louis Dumont|publisher=[[Institute of Economic Growth]]|edition=1st|year=1982|page=129|isbn=81-208-0527-5}}</ref><br />
* [[Mantrik]]<br />
* [[Melshanthi]]<br />
* [[Muni (saint)|Muni]]<br />
* [[Nayak (title)|Nayak]]<br />
* [[Pandit]]<br />
* [[Paramahamsa]]<br />
* [[Paramguru]]<br />
* [[Prabhu]]<br />
* [[Pujari]]<br />
* [[:wikt:raj|Raj]]<br />
* [[Raja]], [[Rai (title)|Rai]], [[Rana (title)|Rana]], [[Rao (title)|Rao]], [[Rawal#Princely titles|Rawal]], [[Rawat (title)|Rawat]]<br />
* [[Rajarshi]]<br />
* [[Rajguru]]<br />
* [[Yuvraj#Titles|Rajkumar]], [[Yuvraj#Titles|Maharajkumar]]<br />
* [[Yuvraj#Titles|Rajkumari]], [[Yuvraj#Titles|Maharajkumari]]<br />
* [[Rani]]<br />
* [[Rishi]]<br />
* [[Rishi Mudgal]]<br />
* [[Sādhaka]]<br />
* [[Sadhu]]<br />
* [[Sain]]/Saeen<br />
* [[Samanta]] (vassal)<br />
* Samrat ([[emperor]])<br />
* [[Sannyasin]]<br />
* [[Sardar]]<br />
* [[Satguru]], [[Sadguru]]<br />
* [[Sawai (title)|Sawai]]<br />
* [[Sethi]], [[Sheth]] (suffix denoting a man's wealth)<br />
* [[Shankaracharya]]<br />
* [[Shaunaka]]<br />
* [[Shishya]]<br />
* [[Sri]] (also Shri, Shree)<br />
* [[Shrimati]]<br />
* [[Swami]]<br />
* [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]]<br />
* [[Thiru]] or Thirumathi<br />
* [[Yogi]], [[Yogini]]<br />
* [[Yuvraj#Titles|Yuvraj]]<br />
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====Secular profession-specific honorifics====<br />
* [[Lambardar]]<br />
* [[Patwari]]<br />
* [[Pandit]]<br />
* [[Zamindar]]<br />
* [[Ghatwals and Mulraiyats|Ghatwal]]<br />
* [[Ghatwals and Mulraiyats|Mulraiyat]]<br />
* [[Pradhan]]<br />
* [[Jagirdar]]<br />
* [[Ghatwals and Mulraiyats|Mustajir]]<br />
* [[Zaildar]]<br />
* [[Talukdar]]<br />
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====Influence on other cultures====<br />
[[File:Hinduism Expansion in Asia.svg|thumb|300px|[[Greater India]], [[Indosphere]] and expansion of Hinduism in Southeast Asia.]]<br />
{{see also | Renaming of cities in India }}<br />
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With the expansion of [[Indosphere]] cultural influence of [[Greater India]],<ref name="Hal1985">{{cite book|author=Kenneth R. Hal|title=Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncqGAAAAIAAJ&q=funan+mountain+kings|year=1985|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-0843-3|page=63}}</ref> through transmission of [[Hinduism in Southeast Asia]]<ref>{{cite book | title = Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, Metropolitan museum, New York: exhibition catalogues | author = Guy, John | publisher = Metropolitan Museum of Art | year = 2014 | isbn = 9781588395245| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vO_-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA11}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = The spread of Hinduism in Southeast Asia and the Pacific | encyclopedia = Britannica | url = https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hinduism/The-spread-of-Hinduism-in-Southeast-Asia-and-the-Pacific}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9ic4BjWFmNIC&pg=PA465 History of Ancient India Kapur, Kamlesh]</ref> and the [[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism]]<ref name="college">{{cite journal |last=Fussman |first=Gérard | title= History of India and Greater India |journal=La Lettre du Collège de France |issue=4 |pages=24–25 |year=2008–2009 |url=https://lettre-cdf.revues.org/756 |access-date=20 December 2016|doi=10.4000/lettre-cdf.756 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=Coedes>{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|authorlink= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}</ref> leading to [[Indianization of Southeast Asia]] with non-Indian southeast Asian native [[Indianized kingdom]]s<ref>{{citation |first=Pierre-Yves |last=Manguin |chapter=From Funan to Sriwijaya: Cultural continuities and discontinuities in the Early Historical maritime states of Southeast Asia |title=25 tahun kerjasama Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi dan Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient |location=Jakarta |publisher=Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi / EFEO |year=2002 |pages=59–82 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJBwAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> adopting [[Sanskritization]]<ref name="academia edu">{{citation |last=Lavy |first=Paul | title= As in Heaven, So on Earth: The Politics of Visnu Siva and Harihara Images in Preangkorian Khmer Civilisation |journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies |volume=34 |pages=21–39 |number=1 |year=2003 |url=https://www.academia.edu/2635407 |access-date=23 December 2015|doi=10.1017/S002246340300002X |s2cid=154819912 }}</ref> of their languages and titles as well as ongoing historic expansion of [[Indian diaspora]] has resulted in many overseas places having Indianised names (e.g. [[Indian name#Global Indian influence in names|Sanskritised naming of people]], [[Place names in India#Global Indian influence in place name|Sanskritised naming of places]], [[List of institutions with Sanskrit mottos|Sankritised institutional mottos]], [[List of educational institutions with Sanskrit mottos|Sanskritised educational institute names]]), [[Hindu temple architecture#Southeast Asia as part of Greater India|architecture]], [[Indian martial arts#Influence|martial arts]], [[Music of India#Global|music and dance]], [[Clothing in India|clothing]], and [[Indian cuisine#Outside India|cuisine]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A history of India|first=Hermann|last=Kulke|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|others=Rothermund, Dietmar, 1933–|isbn=0203391268|edition= 4th|location=New York|oclc=57054139}}</ref><br />
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Please help expand the following partial list of Indian influenced honorifics:<br />
* [[Burmese names#Honorifics|Burmese honorifics]] and [[Burmese Buddhist titles]]<br />
* [[Cambodian name#Origin and meanings|Cambodia honorifics]]<br />
* [[Cham language|Cham honorifics]]<br />
* [[Filipino styles and honorifics]]<br />
* [[Indonesian names#Honorifics|Indonesian honorifics]]<br />
* [[Khmer language#Social registers|Khmer honorifics]]<br />
* [[Lao name#Common name components|Lao honorifics]]<br />
* [[Malay styles and titles]]<br />
* [[Sinhala honorifics]]<br />
* [[Thai royal ranks and titles]]<br />
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===Maratha Honorifics===<br />
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Associated with the Maratha Kingdom or general Marathi-speaking population.<br />
* [[Chhatrapati]]<br />
* [[Maharaj]]<br />
* [[Maharani]]<br />
* [[Peshwa]]<br />
* Peshwin<br />
* More [[Maratha titles]]<br />
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===Sikh honorifics===<br />
* Sardar<br />
* Sardarni<br />
* Gianni<br />
* [[Sikh titles]]<br />
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==[[Middle East]] honorifics==<br />
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* [[Amir]]<br />
* [[Padishah|Badshah]]<br />
* [[Bahadur (title)|Bahadur]]<br />
* [[Baig|Beg]]<br />
* [[Begum]]<br />
* [[Darogha]]<br />
* [[Dastur]] / [[Dastoor]]<br />
* [[Ghazi (warrior)|Ghazi]]<br />
* [[Hadrat|Hazrat]]<br />
* [[Khan (title)|Khan]] or [[Khatun|Khatoon]] for females<br />
* [[Khaqan]]<br />
* [[Mahaldar]]<br />
* [[Mansabdar]]<br />
* [[Mir (title)|Mir]]<br />
* [[Mirza]]<br />
* [[Sahib]]<br />
* [[Shah]] and [[Shahanshah]]<br />
* [[Shahzada (title)|Shahzada]]<br />
* [[Sultan]]<br />
* [[Syed]]<br />
* [[Taluqdar]]<br />
* [[Ustad]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|India}}<br />
* [[Honorary titles of Indian leaders]]<br />
* Currently official honors:<br />
** [[Indian honours system]]<br />
** [[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces]]<br />
** [[Battle and theatre honours of the Indian Army]]<br />
** [[Style (manner of address)#India|India Style (manner of address)]]<br />
* Past or unofficial honors:<br />
** [[English honorifics]]<br />
** [[Order of British India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Honorifics}}<br />
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[[Category:Honorifics by country]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in India| ]]<br />
[[Category:Buddhist titles| ]]<br />
[[Category:Indosphere]]<br />
[[Category:Titles and occupations in Hinduism]]</div>
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