English titles

17 English titles

I. Common Titles

1. Mr. (श्री/श्रीमान्): for men, regardless of marital status, who do not have another professional or academic title.

2. Mrs. (श्रीमती): for married women who do not have another professional or academic title.

3. Miss(कुमारी): for girls, unmarried women and (in the UK) married women who continue to use their maiden name (although "Ms" is often preferred for the last two). In the UK, it is used in schools to address female teachers, regardless of marital status.

II. Formal Titles

1. Sir (महोदय): for men, formally if they have a British knighthood or if they are a baronet. Also used in secondary schools; most tend not to call male teachers "Mr ___", but rather "Sir".

2. Ma'am (महोदया): for women, a term of general respect.

3. Lady (रानी): for female peers with the rank of baroness, viscountess, countess, and marchioness, or the wives of men who hold the equivalent titles.

4. Lord (प्रभु): for male barons, viscounts, earls, and marquesses, as well as some of their children.

5. Excellency (माननीय): a title of honor given to certain high officials, as governors, ambassadors, royalty, nobility, and Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops, (preceded by his, your, etc.).

6. Gentleman (सज्जन): originally a social rank, standing below an esquire and above a yeoman. The term can now refer to any man of good, courteous conduct.

III. Academic/Professional Titles 

1. Dr.(डाक्टर): (abbreviation for Doctor) for the holder of a doctoral degree (e.g. PhD, or MD in many countries) and for medical practitioners

2. Professor(प्रोफ़ेसर): for a person who holds the academic rank of professor in a university or other institution.

3. Chancellor(दानाध्यक्ष): for the chancellor of a university.

4. Principal(प्रधानाचार्य): for the head of a school/organisation.

5. President (राष्ट्रपति): may apply to a person holding the title of president, or presiding over certain other governmental bodies.

6. Master (शिक्षक): a male schoolteacher.

7. Warden (ध्यान रखने वाला): a person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or activity or for enforcing the regulations associated with it.

8. Dean (महाविद्यालय का अध्यक्ष): the head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school.