- Pai (surname)
:"This article is about the surname Pai, originating in India. For the surname Pai originating in other countries, or for other uses, see
Pai ."Family name
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pronunciation = IPA|pθj
meaning =prakrit of "Pati" or "Lord "
region =India
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related names =Konkani surnames
footnotes=Pai (
Devnagri :पै)(IPA|pθj) is a commonsurname amongst theGowd Saraswat Brahmins ofIndia . Pai is known to be aprakrit of "Pati" or "Lord ". Another possible, but less likely. root for the surname is "foot" or "leg" in Konkani "Paay/Pai". The common person who had not amassed wealth or power was known as "Pai". Their job was menial in maintaining ledgers and doing odd jobs; Pai were mainly ledger keepers.Pai may have come from Appaya meaning elderbrother according to Poet B.B. Borkar.Fact|date=September 2008People
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Ammembal Subba Rao Pai (1852 - ?), Noted Mangalore lawyer; founder of Canara Bank and Canara High School
*Anant Pai (born 1937), noted educationist and creator of Indian comics
*Dilip Pai (?-?), Kannada actor
* K. K. Pai, president of T.M.A. Pai Foundation inManipal
*M. Govinda Pai (1883 - 1963), Noted Kannada Author
* Dr.T. M. A. Pai
*Tonse Ramesh Upendra Pai (b. ?), Chairman of Maha Rashtra Apex Corporation LtdAs a Chinese surname
Pai is a common Chinese surname.
As a Korean surname
Bae, sometimes spelled "Pai", is a common Korean surname.
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Kashi Mutt
*Goud Saraswat Brahmins References
*http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/writers/govind_pai.htm
*http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/people/seniors/16472.htm
*http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=mom&momid=58&PHPSESSID=4ab036beae27a25456ce67a99ecaefa0
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