Gain_(surname)

Gayen

Gayen

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For the unrelated English surname, see Gaines (surname).

Gayen, sometimes anglicised as Gain, is a Bengali surname found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly in West Bengal and Bangladesh.[1] In Bengali, the title Gayen (গায়েন) referred to anyone involved in the medieval bardic tradition, i.e. composition of poetry and music.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Mookerjee, S. (September 1959). "Bengalee surnames" (PDF). Annals of Library and Information Studies. 6 (3): 6.
  2. [2]
    Sen Gupta, Shankar (1965). Folklorists of Bengal (Volume 1 ed.). Calcutta, India: Indian Publications.
  • The Gayen Estate - Description of the Gayen Zamindari Estate in Dhanyakuria, West Bengal
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