Nakhuda

Nakhuda (Persian: ناخدا, romanized: nākhodā, lit. 'captain') is derived from the Middle Persian nāw khudāy "master of the boat".Historically, people with this epithet are Muslim and Kamili Jewish ship-owning merchants of Persian origin known to have crossed the Persian Gulf to trade in other coastal areas of the world. Besides in Southern Iran those with the surname Nakhuda can be found in coastal areas of the world in small numbers such as the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Malaysia and India. and also a community called Nakhuda community can be found in coastal Karnataka of india. It is also a title historically associated with pearl diving; The modern Gulf Arabic term is قبطان, ultimately a loanword from Latin capitāneus. ...