Budruk is a suffix found in the place names of the former
Maratha
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territory in
India
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. It is similar to
Kalan
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found in northern India, and is used to distinguish two segments of a village or two villages with the same name. "
Khurd
Khurd and Kalan (Urdu: خرد اور کلاں, Hindi: ख़ुर्द और कलाँ, Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਖ਼ੁਰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਂ, shahmukhi: خرد تے کلاں) are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan t ...
" means smaller, and "Budruk" means greater; both the words are of
Persian
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origin.
Villages with the designation Budruk include:
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Bavdhan Budruk, a suburb in west of Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra
*
Ghoti Budruk, census town in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra (cf.
Ghoti Khurd)
*
Kusgaon Budruk, census town in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra
*
Nimbhore Budruk, census town in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra
*
Pimpode Budruk, one of the largest villages in Koregaon tehsil in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India
*
Ugar Budruk
Ugar Budruk is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Village code= 16900 It is located in the Athni taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka. It is around 38 km from the city of Sangli, Maharashtra. Ugar comes under the Kagw ...
, village in the southern state of Karnataka, India (cf.
Ugar Khurd
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)
*
Vadhu Budruk
Vadhu Budruk is a village in Shirur tehsil of Pune district.
The importance of this place is, successor of Maratha Empire chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj I, son of chatrapti Shivaji Maharaj I, brutally executed and killed by Aurangzeb (Mughal kin ...
, the place in Shirur Tehsil of the Pune district
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Kondhwa Budruk, the place in Pisoli of Pune District
*Taroda Budruk, a place in Nanded city in Nanded District, Maharashtra
References
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Place name element etymologies
Marathi words and phrases
Suffixes