Phukan
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Phukan or Phukån refers to a title used for certain officials or notable figures in Ahom Kingdom which is currently used as the surname by the descendants.[1]
It's a combination of two words of Tai-Ahom language.
Variants of Phukan
Various types of Phukan indicate their role, place, or association are:
- Phukån Khāri (Phukān of gun powders)
- Phukån Khuāng (Phukān of Khuāng, dibrugarh)
- Phukån Khe (Phukān having the charge of fishing net)
- Phukân Tunrungdām – Phukān appointed in present day Kaliabar)
- Phukån Phākut (Phukān of the fern)
- Phukån Phushānngin (Phukān who handles judicial matters).
- Phukån Bāo (Phukān of the youth)
- Phukån Bāilung (Phukān of the Bailung clan)
- Phukån Māmu (Phukān of the nut)
- Phukån Moshāi (Phukān of the Moshāi clan)
- Phukån Mau (The new Phukān)
- Phukån Yāmshu (Phukān of the coat)
- Phukån Ru (Phukān of the boat)
- Phukån Rāidāng (Phukān of Rāidāng)
- Phukån Lung – (Phukān of the greatness) [2]
