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}}'''Mudaliar''' (alternatively spelled: ''Muthaliar'', ''Muthaliyar'', ''Mudali'', ''Muthali'' or ''Moodley'') is a title used by people belonging to various ] ].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Castes using the title speak ] as their native language. The title was mostly used among Tamils from ] and ], and was given to a high-ranking military officer.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of Discoveries|last=Silva|first=Chandra Richard De|date=2009|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|year=|isbn=9780754601869|location=|pages=225|language=en}}</ref> }}'''Mudaliar''' (alternatively spelled: ''Muthaliar'', ''Muthaliyar'', ''Mudali'', ''Muthali'' or ''Moodley'') is a title used by people belonging to various ] ].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Castes using the title speak ] as their native language. The title was mostly used among Tamils from ] and ], and was given to a high-ranking military officer.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of Discoveries|last=Silva|first=Chandra Richard De|date=2009|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|year=|isbn=9780754601869|location=|pages=225|language=en}}</ref>


The title was primarily used by the communities like ], ], ] and the ].<ref name="ramaswamy">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=1987|isbn=978-0-86132-136-0|location=|page=109, 114|pages=}}</ref> Other communities adopted it as means to present themselves as superior to the social status which they actually held.<ref name="ramaswamy"/> ] is one of the castes called as mudaliar.<ref name="ramaswamy">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_12/stones_101_to_125.html|title=Kaikola mudali|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

Some sect of, ] and ] are also called as mudaliar in Thondaimandalam region. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mintamil/CUKBCP8aFoQ/wq-ntpH5hlQJ|title=Vellala mudali|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thirumanathagavalmaiyam.com/agamudaya-mudaliar-matrimony|title=Agamudaya mudali|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

], ], ], ], Nanjil mudali, Kerala mudali etc., are also called as mudaliar in rare places. <ref>{{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|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=1987|isbn=978-0-86132-136-0|location=|page=109, 114|pages=}}</ref>


==Etymology== ==Etymology==

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Ethnic group
Mudaliar
Regions with significant populations
Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka
Languages
Tamil

Mudaliar (alternatively spelled: Muthaliar, Muthaliyar, Mudali, Muthali or Moodley) is a title used by people belonging to various Tamil castes. Castes using the title speak Tamil as their native language. The title was mostly used among Tamils from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, and was given to a high-ranking military officer.

Sengunthar kaikolar is one of the castes called as mudaliar.

Some sect of, Vellalar and Agamudayar are also called as mudaliar in Thondaimandalam region.

Karaiyar, Isaivellalar, Senaithalaivar, Tamiljain, Nanjil mudali, Kerala mudali etc., are also called as mudaliar in rare places.

Etymology

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

See also

References

  1. Barnett, Marguerite Ross (2015). The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India. Princeton University Press. p. 236. ISBN 9781400867189.
  2. Silva, Chandra Richard De (2009). Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of Discoveries. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 225. ISBN 9780754601869.
  3. Ramaswamy, Vijaya (2017). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-53810-686-0.
  4. "Kaikola mudali".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Vellala mudali".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Agamudaya mudali".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Pandian, Jacob (1987). Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural History and Social Order. Popular Prakashan. p. 109, 114. ISBN 978-0-86132-136-0.
  8. Barnett, Marguerite Ross (2015). The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India. Princeton University Press. p. 236. ISBN 9781400867189.
  9. Katz, Nathan (2000). Who Are the Jews of India?. University of California Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-0-52021-323-4.
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