Jason Voorhees can you tell me more about the Nairs of Kerala

[GuyFromSingapore]

@Jason Voorhees

I think they might be related to my caste.

Naicker/Nayak-er, Tamil

Naidu/Nayak-du, Telugu

Nayaga/Nayak-ga, Kannada

Nair/Nayer, Malayalam???

What is their phenotype like? Are they lighter skinned and look more Aryan mixed?

 

[GuyFromSingapore]

"Nāyar is commonly said to be derived from the Sanskrit Nāyaka, a leader, and to be cognate with Naik, and Nayudu or Naidu. In this connection, Mr. L. Moore writes †[11] that "if a reference is made to the Anglo-Indian Glossary (Hobson-Jobson) by Yule and Burnell, it will be found that the term Naik or Nayakan, and the word Nayar are derived from the same Sanskrit original, and there is a considerable amount of evidence to show that the Nayars of Malabar are closely connected by origin with the Nayakans of Vijayanagar."

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