Gaekwad

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Gaikwad (also spelt Gaikwar and Gaikwad; Marathi: Gāyǎkǎvāḍǎ) is a Marathi surname.[1] The surname is found among the Maratha, Kunbi, Koli, Mali & Mahar castes.[2][3][4][5][6]

Etymology

The Marathi historian D.S. Parasnis and his co-author, the British Raj High Court judge, C.A. Kincaid of colonial-era India, wrote in 1908 that the origin of the name Gaikwad is a combination of two Marathi words. In Marathi: gai means cow and kavad means small door. Therefore, gaekwad (or gaikwad) denotes cow door.[7]

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