Kabiraj

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Kabiraj{{efn|Also spelled Kobiraj or Kaviraj;
{{langx|bn|কবিরাজ|Kôbirāj}}
{{langx|as|কবিৰাজ|Kôbirāz}}
{{langx|or|କବିରାଜ|Kabirāj}}
Magahi: कबिराज, romanized: Kabirāj
{{Langx|ne|कविराज|Kāvirāj}}}} is an occupational title found in persons of eastern Indian subcontinent. In older days, people traditionally practising Ayurveda were generally called kabi in the eastern Indian Subcontinent.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Many of them were attached to royal courts to treat kings and the royal family. As such they were given the title of Kabiraj ("King Kabi", compare Raj Vaidya used elsewhere). The descendants of such persons started using "Kabiraj" as a surname. This surname is often found in persons originating from Bangladesh and Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUmiCGKsAWIC&pg=PA225 |title=Encyclopaedia of Primitive Tribes in India |volume=1 |first=P. K. |last=Mohanty |page=225 |date=2003 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications|isbn=9788178351780 }}{{cite book |last=Māhāta |first=Paśupati Prasāda |year=2000 |title=Sanskritization Vs Nirbakization |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXhuAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Sujan Publications |page=103 |isbn=978-81-85549-29-3}}