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Acharya Indian, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit आचार्य (acharya) meaning "teacher, instructor".

Amouzgar Persian
Means "teacher" in Persian.

Belfer Jewish
Occupational name from Yiddish be(he)lfer, ba(he)lfer "teacher’s assistant".

Chattopadhyay Bengali
From Chatta, the name of a village, and Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor".

Dascălu Romanian
Drtived from Romanian dascăl "teacher".

Daskalakis Greek
Comes from the Greek root word of "Daskalalos" (Δάσκαλος) that means "teacher", with the adittion of the ending "akis" (ακης) that usually shows a connection with the island of Crete

Dith Khmer
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá) meaning "scholar, teacher, learned man". It can also be considered a form of the Chinese surname Di.

Gangopadhyay Bengali
From the name of the Ganges River combined with Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor, priest".

Guro Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor", ultimately from Sanskrit गुरु (guru).

Guroalim Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor" and alim meaning "sage, philosopher".

Guruge Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala ගුරු (guru) meaning "teacher, master" and the locative suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of, home, house".

Gurusinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Jha Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अध्यापक (adhyapaka) meaning "teacher".

Khandakar Bengali
Means "teacher, scholar" (literally "one who reads"), derived from Persian خواندن (khandan) meaning "to read, to study" and the occupational suffix گار (kar).

Masterman English
occupational name meaning "servant of the master" from Middle English maister "master" (Latin magister "teacher, master, leader") and mann "man".

Mukhopadhyay Bengali
From Sanskrit मुख्य (mukhya) meaning "chief" and उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor, priest".

Munshi Urdu, Bengali
Derived from Persian منشی (monshi) meaning "secretary, teacher, writer", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Neji Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 子師, combining 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac)" with 師 (shi, su, nara.u, moromoro) meaning "army, exemplar, expert, master, model, teacher, war."

Ojha Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi
Means "shaman, sorcerer, healer", ultimately derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, spiritual preceptor".

Pandey Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डित (pandita) meaning "scholar, teacher".

Pandit Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डित (pandita) meaning "learned, wise" or "scholar, teacher".

Rajaguru Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage".

Rajopadhyaya Newar
From Sanskrit राजोपाध्याय (rājopādhyāya) meaning "royal guru; royal teacher". This is used by the Rajopadhyaya caste.

Spector Jewish
From Polish szpektor meaning "teacher's assistant (in a Jewish school)", ultimately from inspektor meaning "supervisor".

Upadhyay Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher".

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