Karzai (surname)

Karzai (Pashto: کرزی, romanized: Karzay; pronounced [ˈkɑrzɑːj]) (sometimes Karazai) is an Afghan surname. Karzai means the person is from the village of Karz in the Kandahar Province of southeastern Afghanistan and is assembled through the common construction of adding an Arabic letter "Ya" to the proper noun Karz which is a village. Karzai is pronounced Karzay because of the dialect of Kandahar, while others may pronounce it as Karzi. . Notable people with the surname include:

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