Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
Mappila .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Mappilas.
Examples
-
Thus the Mappilas or Moplahs of Malabar appear to be the descendants of Arab immigrants who arrived by sea about 900 A.D., and the sects known as Khojas and Bohras owe their conversion to the zeal of Arab and Persian missionaries who preached in the eleventh century.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
-
Exception to the rule: Mappilas - they embraced Islam voluntarily very early on.
WN.com - Articles related to J&K boils: Delhi must back Omar 2010
-
Exception to the rule: Mappilas - they embraced Islam voluntarily very early on.
WN.com - Articles related to J&K boils: Delhi must back Omar 2010
-
Exception to the rule: Mappilas - they embraced Islam voluntarily very early on.
WN.com - Articles related to Punjab, Maharashtra, Bengal lead in curbing birth rate 2010
-
Exception to the rule: Mappilas - they embraced Islam voluntarily very early on.
WN.com - Articles related to Punjab, Maharashtra, Bengal lead in curbing birth rate 2010
-
In these times in which the Mappila traditions of Malabar are clearly under threat, I thought that it was necessary to reclaim this figure for our children and ourselves - and translating NP's sensitive rendering of the tales, which reverberates with the folk wisdom of the Mappilas of Malabar, seemed the best way to do it.
Kafila 2009
-
In these times in which the Mappila traditions of Malabar are clearly under threat, I thought that it was necessary to reclaim this figure for our children and ourselves - and translating NP's sensitive rendering of the tales, which reverberates with the folk wisdom of the Mappilas of Malabar, seemed the best way to do it.
Kafila 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.