Indian honorifics

Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of prefixes, suffixes or replacements.

Native honorifics Honorifics with indigenous Indian origin.

Indigenous honorifics List of titles

Abhyasi Acharya Aasaan Appa - title given to Lingayat and Maratha Kings meaning "head" or "father". Ayya Baba Babu Bhagavan Bhagat Bhonsle Bhai Chhatrapati Chakravarti, Chakraborty Chettiar, suffix denoting a man's wealth Chitnis one of the most important and highest-ranking ministers in a court.

Chauradia Choudhury Chempakaraman Das, a common surname on the Indian subcontinent which has also been applied as a title, signifying "devotee" or "votary" (in the context of religion); also, Dasa Devi Deshmukh, Maratha title given to "Head of State". Dvija Gain or Gayen Goaysain Guru Hati Jagadguru Jagirdar Jena Kothari Kshatriya Kulavantas, Maratha title given to "Kshatriya Family". Kumari Kunwar, Kumar Mahacharya — an honorific spiritual title meaning "great teacher", used in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Maharaj, Maharaja, Maharajadhiraj Mahātmā Maharani Maharishi, Maharshi Mahayogi, Mahayogini Mankari Mantrik Melshanthi Menon Muni Naidu Naicker Nayak Pandit Patil, Maratha title given to "Head of Village" & "Kshatriya Noble Family". Patlin, Maratha Title given to "Wife of Patil Saheb & Kshatrani". Paramahamsa Paramguru Potdar Prabhu Pujari Raj Raje, Raidu, Raja, Rai/Ray, Rana, Rao, Rawal, Rawat Rajarshi Rajguru Rajkumar, Maharajkumar Rajkumari, Maharajkumari Rani Reddy Rishi Rao Rishi Mudgal Rout Sādhaka Sadhu Sahu/Sahoo Sain, Saeen Samanta Samrat Sannyasin Sardar Sarpatil Satguru, Sadguru Sawai Singh Sethi, Sheth, suffixes denoting a man's wealth Shankaracharya Shaunaka Shishya Sri Shri, Shree Shrimati, Maratha title given to "Rich or Noble Person". Swami Thakur Thiru or Thirumathi Yogi, Yogini Yuvraj Veer

Secular profession-specific honorifics Lambardar Patwari Pandit (Can have Hindu connotations) Zamindar Ghatwal Mulraiyat Pradhan Jagirdar Mustajir Zaildar Talukdar Thikadars

Influence on other cultures

With the expansion of Indosphere cultural influence of Greater India, Indian cultural influence spread through the transmission of Hinduism in Southeast AsiaHistory of Ancient India Kapur, Kamlesh and the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism. These processes contributed to the Indianization of Southeast Asia. Non-Indian Southeast Asian Indianised kingdoms adopted Sanskritization in their languages and titles. The expansion of the Indian diaspora was associated with the use of Indianised names in places outside India, including names of people, places, institutions, and educational institutes, as well as influences on architecture, martial arts, music and dance, clothing, and cuisine.

Examples of Indian-influenced honorifics include: Burmese honorifics and Burmese Buddhist titles Cambodia honorifics Cham honorifics Filipino styles and honorifics Indonesian honorifics Khmer honorifics Lao honorifics Malay styles and titles Sinhala honorifics Thai royal ranks and titles Tamil honorifics

Indo-Islamic honorifics Amir Badshah Bahadur Beg Begum Darogha Dastur / Dastoor Ghazi Hazrat Khan or Khatoon for females Khaqan Mahaldar Mansabdar Mir Mirza Sahib Shah and Shahanshah Shahzada Sultan Syed Taluqdar Ustad

Maratha honorifics

Associated with the Maratha Kingdom or general Marathi-speaking population. Kshatriyakulavatans Chhatrapati Maharaj Maharani Peshwa PratapRao Appa Sardar Deshmukh Patil Rao

Sikh honorific

Sardar Sardarni Giani

Nepali (Gorkhali) honorifics Associated with the Khas Kings of Nepal, esp. the Shah dynasty of the Kingdom of Gorkha. Kaji Mukthiyar Jangi Lat Khazanchi Maharajdhiraj Maharathi Nayab Rajpratinidhi

Indian honorifics

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