Basnet

For the aristocratic Basnyat family of Gorkha, see Basnyat family.

Basnet
Language(s)Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni
Origin
Language(s)Khas
Word/nameKarnali, Nepal
MeaningWarrior
Other names
Variant form(s)Basnyat, Basnet
See alsoThapa, Rana, Karki, Khadka

Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali: बस्‍नेत/बस्न्यात) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India.[1] It is commonly found among Jharra Chhetri community.[2]

There are five different branches of Basnets in Nepal:

  1. ^ "Basnet Family Name". Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ^ 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.