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{{Infobox gotra|type=Arora, Jat, Chuhra, and Mirasi clan|ethnicity=[[Punjabis]]|religion=[[Sikhism]]|language=[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]|name=Hans}}'''Hans''' is an eponymous [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Arora]] clan found in India. It originates from the [[Sanskrit]] ''hams'', meaning ''swan'' or ''goose''.<ref name="Hanks">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=Patrick |editor1-link=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |volume=1 |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0195081374 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA127}}</ref> It is also a [[Jats|Jat]] clan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peacock |first=Andrew Charles Spencer |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/981708615 |title=Islamisation : comparative perspectives from history |date= |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4744-1713-6 |location=Edinburgh |pages=386 |oclc=981708615 |quote=For the Khokhars, such alliances can be dated back to the mid-fifteenth century, while similar marital alliances with the shrine can be traced for other Jat clans, such as the Bhattis, Hans and Dhudhis.}}</ref> The name can also be found amongst the [[Chuhra|Bhangi]] (Chuhra) and Balmiki ([[Mirasi]]) castes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shyamlal |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26504606 |title=The Bhangi : a sweeper caste, its socio-economic portraits : with special reference to Jodhpur City |date=1992 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=81-7154-550-5 |location=Bombay |pages=51 |oclc=26504606}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55042800 |title=People of India. Punjab |date=2003 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |others=I. J. S. Bansal, Swaran Singh, Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=81-7304-123-7 |location=New Delhi |pages=60, 322 |oclc=55042800}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Hans (disambiguation)|Hans]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Surname|Hans}}<br />
{{Gotras of Jats}}<br />
{{Ethnic and social groups of the Punjab}}<br />
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[[Category:Arora clans]]<br />
[[Category:Khatri clans]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Indian surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]<br />
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