A New Trend of Nomenclature and its Changing Factors on the Balochi Culture
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Affecting Factor, Balochi Culture, Naming PracticesAbstract
The focus of this paper is on the choices of Balochi personal names in Balochi culture in Balochistan. The personal names of the 1970s’, 1980s’, and 1990s’of both genders have been collected randomly through the administration of a questionnaire and voter lists. The sample of 150 personal names of females and 150 personal names of males was selected in district Kech, Balochistan. The data of females and males have been analysed in three separate phases: 1970s’ names have been analysed in the first phase, 1980s’ names of both genders have been analysed in the second phase, and in the third phase, the names from 1990s’have been examined. 50 personal names were analysed in each phase. Female and male names were categorized based on factors they were chosen whether names were religious, cultural, heroism, or influenced by the media. A descriptive statistical test has been applied for taking out the frequencies and percentages in SPSS software (version 22) to know how the selections of the names of both genders vary from one phase to another phase. The findings show that the choices of naming in the Balochi cultural have gone through the following path: female names show a shifting trend from traditional to more fashionable names due to media influence. As far as choices of male names are concerned, the trend for choices for the personal names shows a shift from traditional to more religious factors.
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