Gyawali ( ne, ज्ञवाली) is a surname or family name found in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. It is also written as Gyawali, Gnyawali, Gnawali or Gyanwali; however, Gyawali is the correct spelling based on the letters that is used to form the letter ज्ञ. The surname belongs to a

Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (gur ...

Kshatriya Kshatriya ( hi, क्षत्रिय) (from Sanskrit ''kṣatra'', "rule, authority") is one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term ''kṣatriyaḥ'' is used in the con ...

caste in

Etymology

Jnawali is historically believed to have an origin from present day

Gulmi Gulmi District ( ne, गुल्मी जिल्ला), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 28 ...

/ Arghakhanchi area. 'Jnawa' is the old endangered name of Baletaksar,

Chautara Chautara Sangachokgadhi is a municipality in Sindhupalchowk District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging Pipaldanda, Chautara, Kubhinde, Bagmati, Kubhinde, Sanusiruwari Village develop ...

and Bamgha VDC of

. The word Jnawali was historically derived as the inhabitants of Jnawa Kshetra.

Notable People

Notable people with the name include: * Surya Bikram Gyawali, a Nepali historian *

Shova Gyawali Shova Gyawali (Nepali: शोभा ज्ञवाली ) is a publisher, author and media owner, as well as the director of Nepal Republic Media Pvt. Ltd. She is President of the Nepal-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She is th ...

, an author and media entrepreneur *

Radha Gyawali Radha Gyawali (Nepali: राधा ज्ञवाली) a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), assumed the post of the Minister of Energy on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government. She also became th ...

, Former Minister * Pradeep Gyawali, Nepalese politician *

Thakur Prasad Gyawaly Thakur Prasad Gyawaly ( ne, ठाकुर प्रसाद ज्ञवाली) is 27th Chief of Nepal Police. He was appointed as the Chief of Nepal Police after succeeding Sarbendra Khanal Sarbendra Khanal ( ne, सर्वेन्द ...

, Former Inspector General of Nepal Police * Ram Kumar Gyawali, a Nepalese politician

References

{{Reflist Nepali-language surnames