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Nayyar

Nayyar is the alternative form of Nair.

Meaning of Nair

Noun

Nair (plural Nairs or Nair)

  1. A member of a group of Indian Hindu castes originating from Kerala.

See all 2 meanings of Nair

Proper noun

Nayyar (plural Nayyars)

  1. A surname from Malayalam.

Forms of Nayyar

Noun
pluralNayyars
pluralNayyar
Proper noun
pluralNayyars

Origin of Nayyar

Borrowed from Malayalam നയ്യാർ (nayyāṟ).

Questions about Nayyar

What does Nayyar mean?
Nayyar means a surname from Malayalam.
What is Nayyar the alternative form of?
Nayyar is the alternative form of Nair.
What part of speech is Nayyar?
Nayyar is a proper noun.

Words near Nayyar in the dictionary

  1. naysays
  2. Naysmith
  3. nayward
  4. nayword
  5. naywords
  6. Nayyar
  7. Nayyars
  8. Nazaire
  9. Nazaires
  10. Nazanin
  11. nazar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Nayyar (page history and authors); Nair (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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