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Qanungo

Qanungo proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Qanungo

  1. A surname.

Qanungo meaning in Hindi

Qanungo in Hindi

qanungo
क़ानूनगो qānūngo

Origin of Qanungo

Transliteration of Punjabi ਕ਼ਾਨੂੰਗੋ (qānūṅgo) / قانُونگو (qānūngo), Urdu قَانُون گو (qānūn go) / Hindi क़ानूनगो (qānūngo), Sindhi قانُون گو (qānū̃ go) / क़ानूंगो / 𑊺𑋩𑋠𑋑𑋤𑋟𑊼𑋧 (qānūṅgo), Gujarati કાનૂગો (kānūgo), Marwari कानूंगौ (kānūṅgau) / 𑅕𑅧𑅒𑅧𑅗𑅒 (knungu), Maithili कानूनगो (kānūnᵊgō) / 𑒏𑒰𑒢𑒴𑒢𑒑𑒼 (kānūnagō), Odia କାନୁନ୍ଗୋ (kānungo), Bengali কানুনগো (kanungō), Assamese কাননগো (kanongü), from Classical Persian قانون گو (qānūn-go). This designation was used in South Asia for hereditary registrar of landed property in a subdivision of a district, meaning “an expounder of law”.

Questions about Qanungo

What does Qanungo mean?
Qanungo means a surname.
What is Qanungo in Hindi?
Qanungo in Hindi is क़ानूनगो (qānūngo). See Qanungo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Qanungo?
Qanungo is a proper noun.

Words near Qanungo in the dictionary

  1. qanoons
  2. qantar
  3. qantars
  4. Qantas
  5. qanun
  6. Qanungo
  7. qanunist
  8. qanunists
  9. qanuns
  10. qanāt
  11. qanāts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Qanungo (page history and authors); क़ानूनगो (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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