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cepted, the reason being that this name is Scag by the 
Fiingis as the usual synonym for ‘ native Christia 
22. GoLAP SHARPARBARI.—Golap is a Hindu name mean- 
ing ‘ Rose.’ I was told at the time that Shardarbari meant that 
the family is descended from a leader of the village Paiks, the 
militia of the middle ages in Bengal ; but I have subsequently 
learnt that the title of Shardar was formerly given to the 
Headman or President of the guild of ‘ Pobres’ (undertakers) 
or Church servants in Calcutta. This title of honour is still 
used by descendants of these men in their native villages 
I may add that the Church at Bandura is sometimes ref- 
erred to in the Catholic Herald about the middle of the 19th 
century as the‘ Pobries’ Church, presumably because it was from 
this neighbourhood that Calcutta then drew ‘‘ its inexhaustible 
stock of cooks and ‘ pobrys’ ” (idem, Dec. 15, 5). 
23. Muxra Katvu Surkarrpart.—The firstname has al- 
ready been mentioned under No. 3 I was told that the boy’s 
grandfather, who was called Kalu (‘‘ Blackamoor’’) was a 
hunter of pigs on the Faridpur chars (sand dunes), Another 
homestead in the vicinity is also known as Bagh Shikaribari, 
“The house of the Tiger hunter ‘alu is a name used both by 
Hindus and Muhammadans, and in the case of Hindus is an 
abbreviated form of Kali Mohan (‘‘ the charmer of Kali, ”’ i.e. 
Siva). It was suggested, however, by one of my informants 
that among the Christians it- might also be a corruption of 
Carolus. 
24. Apu DavrisoLa-Bari.—For Adu cf. No. 4 above. 
Dauri at first was said to be a Muhammadan name connected, 
possibly, with ‘‘ Dari,’ beard. It is, however, a common name 
among the lower Hindu castes, and as the word is used as an 
peat in the sense of ‘ wet and rainy ’ it may refer to the boy 
born on a stormy day. Another explanation is that it is 
derived from the Bengali #i$#1 a man who does not stick to his 
word,’ ‘an untrustworthy person.’ Jol& means that this fami- 
ly is descended from Musalman ~oldine (cata). 
25. (a) Maneat ) PaRAMANIKBARI.—Mangal is a Bengali 
) Janr name ene both by Hindus and Muham- 
madans, and means ‘fortunate. Jani is a Muhammadan 
name meaning ‘beloved.’ Paramanik probably shows that 
the family is descended from a Hindu barber, but like 
Shiqdar (vide No 20 supra), it is an honorific title now adopted 
as a family name in several castes, e.g. the eeeninpanike. 
I add here a note by Father Sinetan on the precise eatin mean- 
ing of the word ‘ Firingi ’: ‘‘ Mussalmans call any Christian ‘ Firingi’; 
bes as the native Christians are bla ck compared with Europeans, they 
ealled sometimes ‘ Kala Firingis.’ In the Muffusil they are simply 
galled gg agg angen: there are no white Christians there. That Firingi 
is more the name for ‘ Christian’ than ‘ European ’ is shown by the 
expression still in in eg Firingt pd ee to ik needle 


