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	'''Kar''' ({{~~lang-~~mr\|कर}} {{IAST\|Kar}}, {{~~lang-~~knn\|कार}} {{IAST\|Kār}}) is a suffix used after the names of villages along the western coast of India, forming the most common surnames used by the [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] and Konkani people in [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and some parts of [[Karnataka]].		'''Kar''' ({{langx\|mr\|कर}} {{IAST\|Kar}}, {{langx\|knn\|कार}} {{IAST\|Kār}}) is a suffix used after the names of villages along the western coast of India, forming the most common surnames used by the [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] and Konkani people in [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and some parts of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Jain \|first=Prateek \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqgWEAAAQBAJ \|title=The Unique Indian Market: Doing Business in India \|date=2021-01-22 \|publisher=Notion Press \|isbn=978-1-63606-602-8 \|language=en}}</ref>

	~~Kar is the surname of mostly the Brahmins of Kashmir, Maharashtra, Bengal and Odisha~~. ~~Kar Brahmins hail from Karhama village~~ in ~~Kashmir,~~ India. In Bengal, the Kar surname is also used by people of the Kayastha or Kshatriya clan. During the rule of the Nawabs of Dhaka, the Kars of Bengal were the tax and revenue collectors and government office workers and were known to be the prime enemies of the Jaat caste.{{citation needed\|date=~~April~~ 2021}}

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	The suffix ''Kar'' comes from the [[Sanskrit]] {{IAST\|~~Kār~~}}, which means "making, doing, lord of", later modified to mean "hailing from" or "belonging to" in [[Prakrit]]-based languages.<ref name=meaning>{{cite web\|last=Monier Williams\|title=Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary\|url=http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/indexcaller.php\|work=Monier Williams\|accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref>		The suffix ''Kar'' comes from the [[Sanskrit]] {{IAST\|Kāra}}, which means "making, doing, lord of", later modified to mean "hailing from" or "belonging to" in [[Prakrit]]-based languages.<ref name=meaning>{{cite web\|last=Monier Williams\|title=Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary\|url=http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/indexcaller.php\|work=Monier Williams\|accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref>

	==Usage==		==Usage==
	Such surnames are commonly used by communities of Konkani and Marathi ethnicities all over India. Most of them identify themselves with a place their ancestors hailed from, or sometimes with new places to which they have migrated. For example, if a person hails from the village of [[Borim]] in Goa, his surname would be ''{{IAST\|Borkār}}''; this custom is also followed by Konkani migrants to Karnataka. If a person hails from the town of [[Sirsi, Karnataka\|Sirsi]], the surname used would be ''Sirsekār''.<ref name=kar>{{cite book\|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh \|author2=B. G. Halbar \|author3=Anthropological Survey of India \|title=Karnataka Volume 26 of People of India, Kumar Suresh Singh Karnataka, Anthropological Survey of India\|year=2003\|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India\|isbn= 9788185938981\|pages=Pages:1612(See page:430)}}~~</ref> The surname Kar is also used in countries like [[:Bangladesh]], [[:Iran]], [[:Turkey]], [[:Myanmar]], [[:Egypt]], and others.<ref>https://forebears.io/surnames/kar~~</ref>		Such surnames are commonly used by communities of Konkani and Marathi ethnicities all over India. Most of them identify themselves with a place their ancestors hailed from, or sometimes with new places to which they have migrated. For example, if a person hails from the village of [[Borim]] in Goa, his surname would be ''{{IAST\|Borkār}}''; this custom is also followed by Konkani migrants to Karnataka. If a person hails from the town of [[Sirsi, Karnataka\|Sirsi]], the surname used would be ''Sirsekār''.<ref name=kar>{{cite book\|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh \|author2=B. G. Halbar \|author3=Anthropological Survey of India \|title=Karnataka Volume 26 of People of India, Kumar Suresh Singh Karnataka, Anthropological Survey of India\|year=2003\|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India\|isbn= 9788185938981\|pages=Pages:1612(See page:430)}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Indian ~~surnames~~]]		[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]
			[[Category:Name suffixes]]

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	'''Kar''' ({{lang-mr\|कर}} {{IAST\|Kar}}, {{lang-knn\|कार}} {{IAST\|Kār}}) is a suffix used after the names of villages along the western coast of India, forming the most common surnames used by the [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] and Konkani people in [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and some parts of [[Karnataka]].		'''Kar''' ({{lang-mr\|कर}} {{IAST\|Kar}}, {{lang-knn\|कार}} {{IAST\|Kār}}) is a suffix used after the names of villages along the western coast of India, forming the most common surnames used by the [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] and Konkani people in [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and some parts of [[Karnataka]].

	Kar is the surname of mostly the Brahmins of Kashmir, Maharashtra, Bengal and Odisha. Kar Brahmins hail from Karhama village in Kashmir, India. In Bengal, the Kar surname is also used by people of the Kayastha or Kshatriya clan. During the rule of the Nawabs of Dhaka, the Kars of Bengal were the tax and revenue collectors and government office workers and were known to be the prime enemies of the Jaat caste.{{cn\|date=April 2021}}		Kar is the surname of mostly the Brahmins of Kashmir, Maharashtra, Bengal and Odisha. Kar Brahmins hail from Karhama village in Kashmir, India. In Bengal, the Kar surname is also used by people of the Kayastha or Kshatriya clan. During the rule of the Nawabs of Dhaka, the Kars of Bengal were the tax and revenue collectors and government office workers and were known to be the prime enemies of the Jaat caste.{{citation needed\|date=April 2021}}

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==

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'''Kar''' ({{lang-mr|कर}} {{IAST|Kar}}, {{lang-knn|कार}} {{IAST|Kār}}) is a suffix used after the names of villages along the western coast of India, forming the most common surnames used by the [[Marathi people|Marathi]] and Konkani people in [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and some parts of [[Karnataka]].

Kar is the surname of mostly the Brahmins of Kashmir, Maharashtra, Bengal and Odisha. Kar Brahmins hail from Karhama village in Kashmir, India. In Bengal, the Kar surname is also used by people of the Kayastha or Kshatriya clan. During the rule of the Nawabs of Dhaka, the Kars of Bengal were the tax and revenue collectors and government office workers and were known to be the prime enemies of the Jaat caste.{{cn|date=April 2021}}

==Etymology==
The suffix ''Kar'' comes from the [[Sanskrit]] {{IAST|Kār}}, which means "making, doing, lord of", later modified to mean "hailing from" or "belonging to" in [[Prakrit]]-based languages.<ref name=meaning>{{cite web|last=Monier Williams|title=Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary|url=http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/indexcaller.php|work=Monier Williams|accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref>

==Usage==
Such surnames are commonly used by communities of Konkani and Marathi ethnicities all over India. Most of them identify themselves with a place their ancestors hailed from, or sometimes with new places to which they have migrated. For example, if a person hails from the village of [[Borim]] in Goa, his surname would be ''{{IAST|Borkār}}''; this custom is also followed by Konkani migrants to Karnataka. If a person hails from the town of [[Sirsi, Karnataka|Sirsi]], the surname used would be ''Sirsekār''.<ref name=kar>{{cite book|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh |author2=B. G. Halbar |author3=Anthropological Survey of India |title=Karnataka Volume 26 of People of India, Kumar Suresh Singh Karnataka, Anthropological Survey of India|year=2003|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn= 9788185938981|pages=Pages:1612(See page:430)}}</ref> The surname Kar is also used in countries like [[:Bangladesh]], [[:Iran]], [[:Turkey]], [[:Myanmar]], [[:Egypt]], and others.<ref>https://forebears.io/surnames/kar</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian surnames]]