Handoo
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | Sheep, Healthy Fat Man |
| Region of origin | Kashmir Valley, India |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Handoo, Handu, Hyondu |
Handoo (Kashmiri: हंडू (Devanagari), ہینڈو (Nastaleeq)), also spelled as Handu, is a Kashmiri Pandit surname native to the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1] It is commonly found among Kashmiri Hindus and Kashmiri Muslims.[2][3] This surname descent from someone named Handoo or Hēnḍay.
History
[edit]According to Muhammad Din Fauq
[edit]In the Kashmiri language, "Hondu" refers to male sheep. This nickname was given to a Pandit (Brahmin) man who was strong and healthy like a male sheep. It is said that the Pandits who were Shepherds or related to flocks of sheep eventually become known as Handoo or Handu.[4]
According to the Handoo Traditions
[edit]The nickname was given to a Pandit who was fat and fresh like a sheep or to those Pandits who somehow were connected with flocks of sheep.
Notables
[edit]- Kuldeep Handoo, Wushu player from Srinagar.
- Piyare Lal Handoo, Politician from Anantnag.
- Tej Handu, cricket umpire
References
[edit]- ^ Singh, K. S.; Pandita, K. N.; Charak, Sukh Dev Singh; Rizvi, Baqr Raza; India, Anthropological Survey of (2003). Jammu & Kashmir. Anthropological Survey of India. p. xxxiv. ISBN 978-81-7304-118-1.
- ^ Dhar, Nazir Ahmad (2002). "Social Distribution of Linguistic Variants in Kashmiri Speech". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. 62/63: 46. ISSN 0045-9801. JSTOR 42930603.
The surnames like Bhat, Pandit, Munshi, Dhar, Dar, Handoo, Kakroo, etc. characterize aboriginal affinity
- ^ Clements, William M.; Green, Thomas A. (2006). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East. Greenwood Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-313-32849-7.
A variety of Hindu surnames such as Dar, Bhatt, Handoo, Kachru, Kichlu, Matoo and Pandit persist in Muslim families.
- ^ Tareekh Aqwam E Kashmir By Muhammad Din Fauq Urdu. p. 51 https://archive.org/details/tareekh-e-aqwam-e-kashmir-by-m-din-fauq-urdu/page/n49/mode/2up