The Hajjāms placed great faith in the traditions & commandments preserved in this manual Kisbatnāmā. There was even a manual of barbering called Kisbatnāma किसबतनामा. Muslim Hajjāms used to keep a small bag named Kisbat किसबत for their shaving implments. ![]() With Persian words also came the synonymous word of नाई nāī – hajjām हज्जाम (barber) which is of Arabic origin, and it has also given us the word हजामत hajāmat (shaving, hair cutting). Although, this profession has ancient roots in India, which is evident in Indic origin words such as barber itself नाई nāī (< नापित nāpita), the word for knife छुरा churā (< क्षुर kṣura), the nail-cutter is नहरनी nahranī ( < नखहरणी nakhahraṇī), scissors are कतरनी katranī (< कर्तरी kartarī), alum is फिटकिरी phiṭakirī (< sphaṭikārī), leather strop for honing knives is चमोटी camōṭī, box of shaving implements was भाडि bhāḍi, or a salon was खरकुटि kharkuṭi or भांडिशाला bhāṇḍiśālā but many of the contemporary words related to hairdressing are of Persian origin indicating Persianization of Indian languages from 12th century onwards e.g. ![]() A common word for a barber in languages from the Indian subcontinent, is नाई nāī which is related to Sanskrit word नापित nāpita (barber). ![]() Hairdressing is one of the oldest professions in the world, & barbers hold a unique cultural significance in our life.
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