Type Word Usage Sanskrit Scripts धुरीय(Sanskrit) Meaning & History Sanskrit word meaning "bearing a burden" [1]. Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Surname DescendantsChaudhuri, Choudhury, Chowdhury(Bengali) Chaudhari, Chaudhary(Gujarati) Chaudhary, Chaudhri, Choudhary(Hindi) Chaudhari, Chaudhary, Choudhary(Marathi) Chaudhary(Nepali) Sources & References Monier-Williams, Monier. Sanskrit-English Dictionary, available from https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2014/web/index.php.