Indian honorifics
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Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of
A Maratha Durbar showing the Chief (Raja) and the nobles (Sardars, Jagirdars, Sarpatil, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state.
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An honorific is a title that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person. It is also often conflated with systems of honorific speech in
Indian honorifics
…Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may…
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and his courtiers, c. 1815. Persian honorifics and forms of address historically reflected elaborate distinctions of royal, administrative and social rank.
Mi-rareta (Sonkeigo)