Karam: distinct words and military records
An original 1944 Gazette page prints Sepoy Karam Singh with a service number and regiment. Learn what that precise credit can establish, and what it cannot.
Sehna, Punjab, in a 2025 biography
Names, with their evidence
Names.
Separate documented use, lexical roots and personal meaning. Uncertainty stays visible.
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Kaur: a naming element that needs historical context
The older dictionary entry and modern Sikh naming prescription do not say the same thing. Reading them together prevents a misleading universal translation.
Punjabi vocabulary and Sikh naming institutions
Khanna surname: an artist’s memories of Partition
Explore the Khanna surname and artist Krishen Khanna’s paintings in relation to Partition, displacement and memory.
Punjabi communities
Khatri as a surname and community name in Punjab
Explore Khatri as a surname and community name through sources on merchants, education and Punjabi autobiographical writing.
Punjabi communities
Kiran: light vocabulary and sporting records
A Lahore report announced recognition for Kiran Khan in March 2020. Its future-facing wording distinguishes a documented proposal from a completed ceremony.
Lahore reporting
Kohli surname: a literary scholar and a historian
Explore the Kohli surname and the distinct work of literary scholar Surinder Singh Kohli and historian Sita Ram Kohli.
Punjabi communities
Kuldeep: a compound and two professional credits
An engineering profile identifies Kuldeep Singh Bedi at Panjab University in Chandigarh, with dated qualifications that anchor a precise professional credit.
Chandigarh
Malhotra surname: two historians of Punjab
Explore the Malhotra surname and the different research of historians Anshu Malhotra and Karamjit Kaur Malhotra.
Punjabi communities
Malik: a name and title in Punjabi cultural records
Explore Malik as a name and title, with examples from Parveen Malik’s Punjabi writing and Shahbaz Malik’s work on proverbs.
Punjabi communities
Mandeep: documented credits
A published interpretation connects Mandeep with mind and light; education and sport records show documented uses of the name.
Documented settings
Maninder: dated and undated credits
A reference interpretation connects Maninder with mind or spirit and Indra. Academic and professional records show uses of the name.
Documented settings
Manjit: a lexical comparison and credits
A contributed name entry links Manjit with Manjeet; similarly spelled dictionary words and individual records need separate examination.
Documented settings
Mann surname: cultural memory and Punjabi teaching
Explore selected evidence for the surname Mann and examples in Punjabi cultural records.
Punjabi communities
Manpreet: academic document contexts
A published interpretation links Manpreet to words for mind and joy or love. Academic records document uses across disciplines.
Documented settings
Mary: a recorded name in Lahore and Ludhiana’s educational memory
Mary appears in institutional accounts of Lady Mary Kinnaird and Dame Edith Mary Brown. An older dictionary supplies a cross-language Maryam reference, separate from those biographies.
Lahore and Ludhiana; historical educational institutions
Maryam: name equivalence and Lahore records
A historical dictionary records Maryam as a form of Mary. Lahore academic records document uses without establishing individual naming intentions.
Documented settings
Masih as a name: identity and Punjabi Christian history
Explore the name Masih in Punjabi Christian history, questions of identity and evidence about unequal sanitation work in Pakistan.
Punjabi communities
Mehar: spelling and public records
Mehar and Mehr spellings appear in public records; related dictionary headwords have distinct senses that should not be merged.
Documented settings
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