Definitions

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  • noun Of or pertaining to Kerala, its people, culture or languages
  • noun Resident of the Indian state of Kerala.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Kerala or its people.

Etymologies

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Derived from Malayalam

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Examples

  • Here he presumes that Jayaram only made a joke and absolved him of all sins (because of the kinship called Malayali fraternity), and that the Tamils reacted violently and unnecessarily, which is nothing but parochialism.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • Here he presumes that Jayaram only made a joke and absolved him of all sins (because of the kinship called Malayali fraternity), and that the Tamils reacted violently and unnecessarily, which is nothing but parochialism.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • This temple seemed to be dominated by Malayali culture.

    Neer Dosa and Appam in Mangalore Anjali 2007

  • This temple seemed to be dominated by Malayali culture.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Anjali 2007

  • There is a joke that you can see a “Malayali-tea shop on the moon/mt. everest”.

    Keralities turning immobile? 2008

  • United Arab Emirates is dethroning Saudi Arabia as the preferred destination of Malayali emigrants bound for the Gulf.

    Keralities turning immobile? 2008

  • So, while we traipsed from bengalow to bengalow (that is the prevailing pronunciation among the Malayali cognoscenti, so we do as the Romans do), therefore, we took notes in our handy paper note book.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • Born in a Brahmin family at Bhavnagar, Mandakini was attracted to Communism while she was in Mumbai, where she met her Malayali husband Naryananan.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Abhay N 2006

  • Born in a Brahmin family at Bhavnagar, Mandakini was attracted to Communism while she was in Mumbai, where she met her Malayali husband Naryananan.

    Naxalite pioneer Mandakini Narayanan dies Abhay N 2006

  • So the average Malayali male is sexually frustrated, she says.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Abhay N 2006

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