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Zai (suffix)
Pashto word ending indicating a tribe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zai (Pashto: زی zay 'son of'; plural: زي zī) is a suffix denoting a member of certain Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan and PakhtunKhwa. Clan names are formed with the word khel.
Distribution
Members of such tribes are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Tribes whose names use this suffix include:
- the Samozais
- the Yusufzais
- the Alizais
- the Dawoodzais
- the Madozais
- the Samadzais
- the Bahlolzai Mahsud
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