Chakrabarti
Sign in to saveChakraborty (spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti, Chakravarty, Chakravorty, Chakravarti, Chakrabartty and Chakrabarty) is a surname used by Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, as well as by some communities of southern India. It literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (čakra 'wheel' + vart- 'to roll'). The surname is mainly used by people of the Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin communities in the states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. The surname is also used by
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It sits within the topics Assamese-language surnames, Bengali Hindu surnames and Surnames.
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- Bangla alphabet
- native label
- চক্রবর্তী
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- Cologne phonetics
- 447172
- Soundex
- C261
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- Chakraborty (surname)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Female
- See also
- References
Chakraborty (spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti, Chakravarty, Chakravorty, Chakravarti, Chakrabartty and Chakrabarty) is a surname used by Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, as well as by some communities of southern India. It literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (čakra 'wheel' + vart- 'to roll'). The surname is mainly used by people of the Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin communities in the states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. The surname is also used by the Jains of southern India.
==Notable persons with this surname==
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