Handoo

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Handoo or Handu
Language(s)Kashmiri, Hindi-Urdu
Origin
Language(s)Kashmiri
DerivationKashmir Valley

Handoo (Kashmiri: हंडू (Devanagari), ہنڈو (Nastaleeq)), also spelled as Handu, is a Kashmiri surname.[1] It is native to the Kashmir Valley in India, and is primarily found among Kashmiri Hindus and Kashmiri Muslims of Hindu lineage.[2][3]

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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. The surnames like Bhat, Pandit, Munshi, Dhar, Dar, Handoo, Kakroo, etc. characterize aboriginal affinity
  3. ^ 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.
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