Half and short names

muqawwee123 · February 25, 2012, 12:39pm

Is it only common in Desis to make short forms of the names like Hameed (Meeda), Sikandar (Sikku), Imran (Immi), Parveen (Peeno) besides calling people with nick names like Guddu, Pappu, Babloo, Gudia.

You name it and people have a short form of a name be it Abdullah / Abdul Hameed (Abdul) or Gullu / Ghulamoo for the name with prefix Ghulam (Ghulam Mustafa, Ghulam Hussain). Its sometimes irritating..

ninja_hattori · February 25, 2012, 1:06pm

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you Know malyalam actor mamooty his real name is Muhammad kootty but that is short for his name..................:)

but it is not common to only desis even goras have short name for every name like bill for william,tony for anthony and rich for richard..

i think other guppies living abroad can shade some more light on this topic

khattichic · February 25, 2012, 1:14pm

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Well, my twins, Ibrahim & Jibran are lovingly called “Ibby & Jibby”, because when they were born my oldest, Ammar , wasn’t even 2 yrs old, and couldn’t say their names properly..so it just kind of stuck!

My husband is very against nicknames and doesn’t like it when they’re teachers use the nicks…
My family has been settled in the US for 30+ years, and we only have one altered name…my Mamoo whose name is “jawed” became “jay” when he started his business back in 1979…

And now, my kids call him “Jay Nana”

ninja_hattori · February 25, 2012, 1:25pm

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Ibby and jibby…

i thought u call them thing1 and thing 2…

khattichic · February 25, 2012, 1:29pm

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^that’s while referring to them in blogs, FB, GS etc…when I’m calling out to them I don’t yell “Thing 1 idhar aao!!!” or “Thing 2, zara ek glass paani lao mama ke liye”

ninja_hattori · February 25, 2012, 1:41pm

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muqawwee123 · February 25, 2012, 2:22pm

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Considering the chances of particular names being spoiled by others, parents now tend to name their children with short names which can’t be shortened further such as Dua for girls and Ibaad for boys. But I observed that a girl was named Noor and her relatives then started calling her Noori

So point is most of the time its not the problem with children taking other children’s name as hilighted by KC, but the elders enjoy spoiling other’s name

ninja_hattori · February 25, 2012, 2:45pm

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we call you muqa bhai…

muqawwee123 · February 25, 2012, 2:55pm

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Now thats just an id and in real life my name is not shortened by anyone sometime in office I’m called with my surname.

PS: IMO its not always bad, when names are shortened and used by your close circle.

the_kaur · February 25, 2012, 4:54pm

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My name is too smart to be shortened further, it means divine intellectualism, My hubby calls it a paradox.

muqawwee123 · February 25, 2012, 4:59pm

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Lucky you.. but there are many names in Indian culture, which can easily be shortened / spoiled. Interesting are the names like OM, Rama, Sita which can’t be shortened.

the_kaur · February 25, 2012, 5:12pm

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Yes lucky indeed, my (twin) brother name is Jitender, every one in school used to call him Jeetu:),though his colleagues call him "Blessee" now seeing this I named my twins, Vidhi and Vidhan, if these names are shortened they both have similar name, I don't mind short names if name is big enough to be shortened, close circles have right to call anything they wish and those name are generally hilarious:D

muqawwee123 · February 25, 2012, 5:15pm

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Yes some names are hilarious when shortened. Rasheed becomes Sheeda (how gora chitta he may be), Qayyum becomes qeema (even he doesn't like qeema). Parveen becomes Peeno, Lajwanti (Laajo), Balwant (Balli). Preeto, Billo are some other famous shortened names.

the_kaur · February 25, 2012, 5:36pm

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In Delhi University it can be anything, our friend circle had names like macchar(too slim), Phaavda(Big teeths), Balushahi(surname Balushi), tharki(natural), charsi(smoker), Billa(short heavy built), chopi(chopra) etc, sometimes these name were derived from surname, sometimes god knows what:D

Ninja can tell even better, these marathis shortens names wonderfully, Tendlukar becomes tendlya, etc:D

ninja_hattori · February 25, 2012, 5:42pm

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i was trying to post about marathi expertise at murdering names...........:D

om will be omya and ram will be ramya.......:D

muqawwee123 · February 25, 2012, 5:50pm

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Tharki means natural

the_kaur · February 25, 2012, 5:51pm

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Marathis murder names brutally:D, It is their special talent, Patil becomes Paatya:D, Ninja, you are from which city??

ninja_hattori · February 25, 2012, 5:51pm

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i thought tharki means pervert..:D

i m from nagpur..........

the_kaur · February 25, 2012, 5:54pm

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Being “Tharki” was his natural instinct, it was tragic when it slipped out in front of his wife though:D

muqawwee123 · February 25, 2012, 5:56pm

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bechara tharki. There was a guy in our college having surname ‘Turk’ and we made it ‘Tharak’.