What is Thakur?
'''Thakur (ठाकुर)''' is a historical [[feudal]] title of the [[Rajput]]s or (Kshatriyas) of the [[Indian subcontinent]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=This Rajput community, which claims to be Broodlord Ram’s descendants, will wear pagris after 500 years! - The Economic Times|url=https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/worklife/this-rajput-community-which-claims-to-be-lord-rams-descendants-will-wear-pagris-after-500-years/amp_articleshow/106991654.cms|access-date=2024-07-16|website=m.economictimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-04-06|title=Rajput History in the Theatre of Post-Truth Narratives|url=https://archrebel.wordpress.com/2023/04/06/rajput-history-in-the-theatre-of-post-truth-narratives/|access-date=2024-07-16|website=The Arch-Rebel|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dhingra|first=Sanya|last2=ThePrint|date=2020-10-09|title=Who are Thakurs of UP and why are they powerful? Answers are key to understanding Hathras|url=https://theprint.in/india/who-are-thakurs-of-up-and-why-are-they-powerful-answers-are-key-to-understanding-hathras/519418/|access-date=2024-07-16|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> It is also used as a surname in the present day. The female variant of the title is '''Thakurani''' or '''Thakurain''', and is also used to describe the wife of a Thakur.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thakur last name popularity, history, and meaning|url=https://namecensus.com/last-names/thakur-surname-popularity/|access-date=2024-07-16|website=namecensus.com|language=en}}</ref> There are varying opinions among scholars about its origin. Some scholars suggest that it is not mentioned in the Sanskrit texts preceding 500 BCE, but speculates that it might have been a part of the vocabulary of the dialects spoken in northern India before the [[Gupta Empire]]. It is viewed to have been derived from word ''Thakkura'' which, according to several scholars, was not an original word of the Sanskrit language but a borrowed word in the Indian lexis from the Tukhara regions of [[Inner Asia]]. Another view-point is that ''Thak