Pai (surname)

Pai (surname)

:"This article is about the surname Pai, originating in India. For the surname Pai originating in other countries, or for other uses, see Pai."Family name
name = Pai


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pronunciation = IPA|pθj
meaning =prakrit of "Pati" or "Lord"
region =India
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related names =Konkani surnames
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Pai (Devnagri:पै)(IPA|pθj) is a common surname amongst the Gowd Saraswat Brahmins of India. Pai is known to be a prakrit of "Pati" or "Lord". Another possible, but less likely. root for the surname is "foot" or "leg" in Konkani "Paay/Pai". The common person who had not amassed wealth or power was known as "Pai". Their job was menial in maintaining ledgers and doing odd jobs; Pai were mainly ledger keepers.Pai may have come from Appaya meaning elderbrother according to Poet B.B. Borkar.Fact|date=September 2008

People

* Ammembal Subba Rao Pai (1852 - ?), Noted Mangalore lawyer; founder of Canara Bank and Canara High School
* Anant Pai (born 1937), noted educationist and creator of Indian comics
* Dilip Pai (?-?), Kannada actor
* K. K. Pai, president of T.M.A. Pai Foundation in Manipal
* M. Govinda Pai (1883 - 1963), Noted Kannada Author
* Dr. T. M. A. Pai
* Tonse Ramesh Upendra Pai (b. ?), Chairman of Maha Rashtra Apex Corporation Ltd

As a Chinese surname

Pai is a common Chinese surname.

As a Korean surname

Bae, sometimes spelled "Pai", is a common Korean surname.

ee also

* Kashi Mutt
* Goud Saraswat Brahmins

References

*http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/writers/govind_pai.htm
*http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/people/seniors/16472.htm
*http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=mom&momid=58&PHPSESSID=4ab036beae27a25456ce67a99ecaefa0


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