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Basnet

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Basnet
LanguageNepali, Doteli, Kumaoni,Garhwali
Origin
LanguagesNepali, Hindi
Word/nameKarnali, Nepal
MeaningWarrior
Other names
Variant formsBasnyat, Basnet

Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali: बस्‍नेत/बस्न्यात) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India.[citation needed] It is commonly found among the Jharra Chhetri caste.[1]

References

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  1. Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143. Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki,Chouhan, Karki, Khadka, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Rayamajhi, Rathour, Roka, Thapa, etc.