“Mudaliar”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

}}Mudaliar (alternatively spelled: Muthaliar, Muthaliyar, Mudali, Muthali or Moodley) is a title used by people belonging to various Tamil castes.^[1] Castes using the title speak Tamil as their native language. The title was mostly used in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka in medieval times as an honorary title to feudal landlords.{{cn|date=October 2018}}

The title was primarily used by the Kaikolars, Karaiyars and the Vellalars.^[2]^[3] Other communities adopted it as means to present themselves as superior to the social status which they actually held.^[2]

Etymology

The title is derived from the Tamil word muthal meaning first with the suffix yaar denoting people.^[4] The title is used in the same sense as simply meaning headman.^[5]

See also

References

1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=YFF9BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA236|title=The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India|last=Barnett|first=Marguerite Ross|year=2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9781400867189|page=236}}
2. ^¹{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=ALUvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA229|title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils|last=Ramaswamy|first=Vijaya|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-53810-686-0|page=229}}
3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=73msCkfD5V8C&pg=PA109|title=Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural History and Social Order|last=Pandian|first=Jacob|year=1987|publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-0-86132-136-0|page=109}}
4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=YFF9BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA236|title=The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India|last=Barnett|first=Marguerite Ross|year=2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9781400867189|page=236|language=en}}
5. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=OEolDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|title=Who Are the Jews of India?|last=Katz|first=Nathan|year=2000|publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-52021-323-4|pages=47-48}}