Zai (suffix)

Zai is a suffix denoting a member of certain Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan and PakhtunKhwa. Clan names are formed with the word khel.

Distribution

Members of such tribes are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Tribes whose names use this suffix include:

the Samozais
the Yusufzais
the Alizais
the Dawoodzais
the Madozais
the Samadzais
the Bahlolzai Mahsud