Nair

American  

[nahyer, nahy-er] / naɪər, ˈnaɪ ər /

Also Nayer

noun

plural

Nair, Nairs

1. a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.

2. a member of any one of these castes.

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adjective

1. of or relating to this group of castes or their members.

Etymology

Origin of Nair

1580–85; < Portuguese naire < Malayalam nāyar members of ruling caste < Sanskrit nāya to lead

Example Sentences

"There are established processes to produce tagatose, but they are inefficient and expensive," said Nik Nair, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at Tufts.

From Science Daily

"The key innovation in the biosynthesis of tagatose was in finding the slime mold Gal1P enzyme and splicing it into our production bacteria," said Nair.

From Science Daily

Praveen Nair, 25, from the Bay Area, said the vigil also marked his first experience with snow on Brown’s campus since enrolling in the school’s computer science Ph.D. program this fall.

From The Wall Street Journal

He too has worked in film, including participating on the soundtrack for Mira Nair’s “Reluctant Fundamentalist.”

From Los Angeles Times

His mother is the filmmaker Mira Nair, and his father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a professor at Columbia University.

From BBC