Are kochi people pashtun?

[PakistaniNawab]

Kochi people are nomads so what are they.

 

[s.k]

Kochi people are nomads so what are they.

i think they are pushtuns, they are afghani pashtuns

 

[Ali Sinan]

Kochi people are nomads so what are they.

Kochis or Kuchis (from the Persian word: کوچ koch; meaning "migration") are Afghan nomads similar to Arabian Bedouins, primarily from the Ghilji tribal confederacy. Some of the most notable Ghilji Kochi tribes include the Kharoti, Andar and Ahmadzai. Sometimes Durrani tribes can be found among the Kochi, and occasionally there may also be some Baloch people among them that live a pastoral nomadic lifestyle.[1] In the Pashto language, the terms are Kochai (singular) and Kochian (plural). In the Persian language, "Kochi" and "Kochiha" are the singular and plural forms (respectively).

 

[X-2.]

Ancient travellers and tradesmen referred to Kochi in their writings, variously alluding to it as Cocym, Cochym, Cochin, and Kochi.[22] The Cochin Jewish community called Cochin as Kogin (קוגין), which is seen in the seal of the synagogue[23] which is still owned by the community. The origin of the name "Kochi" is thought to be from the Malayalam word kochu azhi, meaning 'small lagoon'. Yet another theory is that Kochi is derived from the word Kaci meaning 'harbour'.[24] Accounts by Italian explorers Nicolo Conti (15th century), and Fra Paoline in the 17th century say that it was called Kochchi, named after the river connecting the backwaters to the sea.[citation needed] After the arrival of the Portuguese, and later the British, the name Cochin stuck as the official appellation. The city reverted to a closer Anglicization of its original Malayalamname, Kochi, in 1996. This change in name was challenged by the city municipal corporation and officially, the city is still called "Cochin"

 

[Kabira]

According to wiki they are Ghilji pashtuns and their life style is like that of nomadic gypsy people while Durrani pashtuns are settled agriculturists.