Nambiār, also known as Nambiyār, is a sub-group of the
India
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Nair
The Nair , also known as Nayar, are a group of Indian Hindu castes, described by anthropologist Kathleen Gough as "not a unitary group but a named category of castes". The Nair include several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom histo ...
caste. Many were
jenmi
Jenmi is the term used to refer to the landed aristocracy of Kerala. They formed the landowning nobility as well as the landed gentry of the region during Medieval times, and the majority of the estates and feudal properties were owned by this ...
landlords in the
Malabar region.
In earlier days, Nambiar women, like most women of Nair clans of north Malabar, would not marry Nair men of South Malabar.
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Indian surnames
Nair