The Natka and Nokthani

Another example is the name Nutkani, as to which Dr. Bellow observes: ‘Natka

or Natkani is for Nat Indian tribe of gypsies, conjurers, rope-dancers, etc.’ This is
a most baseless conjecture. The name is not Natka or Natkanl, but Nutkani, as
pronounced by outsiders, and Nodha kani in Balochi.

Ani is the genitive plural

termination used to form patronymics. Nodhak is a common proper name of
Baloches, a diminutive of Nodh, ‘a cloud,’ a word which enters into other proper
names, as Nodho, Nodhbandagh. Nodhakani or Nutkani simply means ‘the
descendants of Nodhak.’