Malakar

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Malakar (Bengali: মালাকার) is a Bengali Hindu surname spread throughout West Bengal and Bangladesh and also in some parts of Assam, Jharkhand and Tripura. Malakars are traditionally garlanders by trade. They are one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group of Bengal.[1]

ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesBengali
Populated statesBangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura
Family namesMalakar
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Malakar
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesBengali
Populated statesBangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura
Family namesMalakar
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Origin

Malakars lived around Dhaka and other smaller towns of Bengal. The origin of the word Malakar came from Sanskrit. It is a Sandhi of mala and akar, which means a person who shapes mala, i.e. a garlander.

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