'''Phukan''' or '''Phukån''' refers to a title used for certain officials or notable figures in Ahom Kingdom which is currently used as the surname by the descendants.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kakoty |first1=Sanjeeb |title=Technology, Production And Social Formation In The Evolution Of The Ahom State |year=2003 |publisher=Regency Publications |isbn=9788187498735 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DtuAAAAMAAJ&q=Technology,+Production+And+Social+Formation+In+The+Evolution+Of+The+Ahom+State |language=en}}</ref> ==Etymology== It's a combination of two words of Tai-Ahom language.
==Variants of Phukan== Various types of Phukan indicate their role, place, or association are: #Phukån Khāri (Phukān of gun powders) #Phukån Khuāng (Phukān of Khuāng, dibrugarh) #Phukån Khe (Phukān having the charge of fishing net) #Phukân Tunrungdām – Phukān appointed in present day Kaliabar) #Phukån Phākut (Phukān of the fern) #Phukån Phushānngin (Phukān who handles judicial matters). #Phukån Bāo (Phukān of the youth) #Phukån Bāilung (Phukān of the Bailung clan) #Phukån Māmu (Phukān of the nut) #Phukån Moshāi (Phukān of the Moshāi clan) #Phukån Mau (The new Phukān) #Phukån Yāmshu (Phukān of the coat) #Phukån Ru (Phukān of the boat) #Phukån Rāidāng (Phukān of Rāidāng) #Phukån Lung – (Phukān of the greatness) <ref>({{cite book | last = Borua | first = GC | title = Ahom-Assamese-English Dictionary | publisher = Baptist Mission Press | year = 1903 | url = https://archive.org/details/ahom-assamese-english_dictionary | pages = 134–136 }}</ref>
== Notable people == <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their OWN article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦---> *Anandaram Dhekial Phukan (1829–1859), one of the pioneers of Assamese literature in the Arunodoi era *Anup Phukan, Indian politician *Babul Phukan (1968–2013), former Indian footballer from Assam *Bhrigu Phukan, leader of Asom Gana Parishad and a cabinet minister in Government of Assam *Biju Phukan (1947–2017), senior Assamese cine-actor of great fame *Biswajit Phukan, politician *Chiring Phukan, an official of the state of Ahom in medieval Assam *Dhrubajyoti Phukan, film score composer *Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan (1903–1974), artist, poet, journalist and craftsman of Assam *Mitra Phukan, Indian author who writes in English *Nilmani Phookan Jr, Assamese poet *Nilmoni Phukan Sr (1880–1978), Assamese poet and freedom fighter *Pranati Phukan (born 1963), former minister, deputy speaker and member of Assam Legislative Assembly *Prasanta Phukan (born 1954), Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam *Sailendu Nath Phukan (1937–2018), Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India *Siddhartha Phukan, SULFA leader *Suresh Phukan, singer, lyricist, music composer, writer, poet, actor, director, social activist and professor *Tarun Ram Phukan (1877–1939), orator, writer and Assamese politician
==See also== *Piyoli Phukan, black & white Assamese language film released in 1955
==References== <references />
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