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Nambudiri

Nambudiri is the alternative form of Namboothiri.

Meaning of Namboothiri

Noun

Namboothiri (plural Namboothiris or Namboothiri)

  1. A Malayali Brahmin of the Nambūdiri subcaste, traditionally the most elite in the Indian state of Kerala, and known for extreme orthodoxy.
    • The Namboothiri are said to be the most orthodox brahmins in India.

Forms of Nambudiri

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Questions about Nambudiri

What is Nambudiri the alternative form of?
Nambudiri is the alternative form of Namboothiri.

Words near Nambudiri in the dictionary

  1. Nambu
  2. Nambu-Goldstone boson
  3. Nambu-Goldstone bosons
  4. Nambucca Heads
  5. Nambucca Valley
  6. Nambudiri
  7. Nambudiris
  8. nambulite
  9. Namburi
  10. Namburis
  11. namby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nambudiri (page history and authors); Namboothiri (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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