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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox surname<br />
| name = Pasi<br />
| languageorigin = Hindi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, English<br />
| region = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
|alternative spelling=Passi}}<br />
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The name '''Pasi''' ([[Hindi]]: पासी) is composed of two words Pa ([[wikt:grip|grip]]) and asi ([[sword]]), implying thereby one who hold a sword in his hand or in other words a [[soldier]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=General|first=India Office of the Registrar|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=LCbjAAAAMAAJ&q=Pasi+Pa+Grip+And+Asi+Sword&dq=Pasi+Pa+Grip+And+Asi+Sword&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixjZbagq_wAhWbT30KHeldAUAQ6AEwAHoECAEQAw|title=Census of India, 1971: Series 1. Monograph Series, Part 5, Ethnographic Study|date=1974|publisher=Controller of Publications|language=en}}</ref> Another etymology is that the name comes from the [[Sanskrit]] ''pashika'', "one who uses a noose." The Pasi are said to have used nooses for climbing trees.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Kumar Suresh |last2=Bhanu |first2=B. V. |last3=India |first3=Anthropological Survey of |title=Maharashtra |date=2004 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-102-0 |page=1683 |url=https://books.google.se/books?id=4bfmnmsBfQ4C&pg=PA1683&dq=%22 |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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In [[Italian language|Italian]], it stems from the word ''pace'', meaning peace.<ref>{{cite web |title=Origin and Etymology of Italian surnames in P |url=https://www.italyheritage.com/genealogy/surnames/etymology/p/ |website=www.italyheritage.com |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref> It is also a [[Finns|Finnish]] forename, a form of [[Basil (name)|Basil]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Mike |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Pasi |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/pasi |website=Behind the Name |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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Pasi is a surname used by the [[Pasi (caste)|Pasi]] community and people from [[Punjab]]. Notable individuals with this surname are listed below.<br />
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*[[Geeta Pasi]], an American diplomat.<br />
*[[Maharaja Bijli Pasi]], a king from the Pasi community. He ruled during the [[Muslim]] period from a site located near [[Lucknow]].<br />
*[[Balraj Pasi]], an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Nainital (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nainital]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<br />
*[[Subhash Pasi]], a member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh<br />
*[[Suresh Pasi]], Indian Politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India.<br />
*[[Madari Pasi]], a leader of the militant peasant movement Eka Movement.<br />
*[[Uda Devi Pasi]], claimed to have been a fighter at Sikandar Bagh in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.<br />
*[[Masuriya Din Pasi]] (born 2 October 1911) was an Indian politician, a fight against [[Criminal Tribes Act]] for independence who served as a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
*[[Riccardo Pasi]], Italian footballer.<br />
*[[Giacomo Pasi]], Italian bishop.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Passi (surname)]]<br />
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