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Budruk
Budruk is a suffix found in the place names of the former Maratha territory in India. It is similar to Kalan found in northern India, and is used to distinguish two segments of a village or two villages with the same name. " Khurd" means smaller, and "Burdruk" means greater; both the words are of Persian origin.
Villages with the designation Budruk include:
- Bavdhan Budruk, a suburb in west of Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra
- Ghoti Budruk, census town in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra (cf. Ghoti Khurd)
- Kusgaon Budruk, census town in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra
- Nimbhore Budruk, census town in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra
- Pimpode Budruk, one of the largest villages in Koregaon tehsil in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India
- Ugar Budruk, village in the southern state of Karnataka, India (cf. Ugar Khurd)
- Vadhu Budruk, the place in Shirur Tehsil of the Pune district