Nair
Nair noun: a member of a group of Indian Hindu castes originating from Kerala.
Noun
Nair (plural Nairs or Nair)
Proper noun
Nair (plural Nairs)
- A surname from Malayalam.
Nair meaning in Malayalam
Nair in Malayalam
- Nair, a major subcaste of Kshatriyas in Kerala, India
- നായർ nāyaṟ
Forms of Nair
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Nairs |
| plural | Nair |
| alternative form | Naire |
| alternative form | Nayar |
| alternative form | Nayre |
| alternative form | Nayyar |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Nairs |
Origin of Nair
Borrowed from Malayalam നായർ (nāyaṟ).
Questions about Nair
- What does Nair mean?
- Nair means a member of a group of Indian Hindu castes originating from Kerala.
- What is Nair in Malayalam?
- Nair in Malayalam is നായർ (nāyaṟ). See Nair meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is Nair?
- Nair can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of Nair?
- The plural of Nair is Nairs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nair (page history and authors); നായർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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