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- 1 2 Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
- ↑ Koul, Ram Krishan (1982). Sociology of Names and Nicknames of India: With Special Reference to Kashmir. Utpal Publications. p. 62.
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- ↑ W.H. McLeod, Louis E. Fenech (2014). Historical dictionary of Sikhism (Third ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182. ISBN 9781442236011.
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