Kabiraj

Kabiraj (Bengali: কবিরাজ, romanized: Kobiraj ; Assamese: কবিৰাজ; Odia: କବିରାଜ; Magahi: कबिराज) is an occupational title found in persons of India or Indian origin. In olden days people traditionally practising Ayurveda (Vaidya) were generally called kabi/kobi in eastern India. Many of them were attached to royal courts to treat kings and the royal family. As such they were given the title of Kabirāj/Kobirāj ("King Kabi", compare Rāj Vaidya used elsewhere). The descendants of such persons started using "Kabiraj" as a surname. Due to the word kabi for a Vaidya being used generally in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Orissa, this surname is often found in persons originating from these regions as well as Bangladesh,[1][2] which is in the same cultural region of the subcontinent and shares common linguistic origins.

See also
  • Kaviraj, similar sounding title but etymologically different
  • Vaidhya

References
  1. Encyclopaedia of primitive tribes in India, Volume 1 By P. K. Mohanty
  2. Sanskritization vs nirbakization by Paśupati Prasāda Māhāta
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