Nambiar (Nair subcaste)

Not to be confused with Nambiar (Ambalavasi caste).
"Nambiyar" redirects here. For the river in Tamil Nadu, see Nambiyar River.

Nambiar (Nair subcaste)
Regions with significant populations
North Kerala
Languages
Malayalam, Sanskrit
Related ethnic groups
Kurup, Nayanar, Nair

Nambiār, also known as Nambiyār, is a subcaste of the Nair caste in Kerala, India. The majority of them were the Jenmimar (feudal landlords) of the Malabar region.

In earlier days, Nambiar women, like most women of Nair clans of North Malabar (present-day Kannur, Kasaragod, Wayanad districts) would not marry Nair men of South Malabar (present-day Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur districts).

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