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Bhattacharya

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • India (Bengal and Assam) : Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit bhạṭtāčārya, from bhạṭta ‘learned one’ (see Bhatt) and āčārya ‘teacher’, ‘preceptor’ (see Acharya). Originally, it was a title given to a learned man or a celebrated teacher.

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