mudaliyar

English

From Tamil [Term?] (“mutaliyār”) (plural of mutali (mutali, “chief”)), in early forms probably via Portuguese modeliar.

mudaliyar (plural mudaliyars)

(now historical) A chief or headman in Sri Lanka. [from 17th c.]
- 1969, Leonard Woolf, Journey Not Arrival Matters:
  He had been a Mudaliyar or Headman of East Giruwa Pattu […] when I was Assistant Government Agent there fifty years ago.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 228:
  Other Mudliyars said they couldn't join in the first instance but would send on ‘Thieves and rogues (black guard fellows who certainly do abound).’
(chiefly in form mudaliar) A high-status Tamil caste in India. [from 19th c.]

单词	mudaliyar
释义	mudaliyar English Alternative forms mudaliar, mudliyar Etymology From Tamil [Term?] (“mutaliyār”) (plural of mutali (mutali, “chief”)), in early forms probably via Portuguese modeliar. Noun mudaliyar (plural mudaliyars) (now historical) A chief or headman in Sri Lanka. [from 17th c.] 1969, Leonard Woolf, Journey Not Arrival Matters: He had been a Mudaliyar or Headman of East Giruwa Pattu […] when I was Assistant Government Agent there fifty years ago. 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 228: Other Mudliyars said they couldn't join in the first instance but would send on ‘Thieves and rogues (black guard fellows who certainly do abound).’ (chiefly in form mudaliar) A high-status Tamil caste in India. [from 19th c.]
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