Nair

Also Nayer

[nahyer, nahy-er]

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.

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nair¹

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

Example Sentences

His mother, filmmaker Mira Nair, is well-known there.

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Zohran, 34, is the son of Prof Mahmood Mamdani, a prominent Ugandan academic, while his mother, Mira Nair, is an acclaimed filmmaker.

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Months earlier, Mamdani had turned Bollywood into campaign language, a nod to his South Asian roots - his mother is filmmaker Mira Nair, and his father, Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan-born scholar of Indian descent.

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His mother, Mira Nair, is a celebrated film director and his father Professor Mahmood Mamdani, teaches at Columbia.

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Well, his employment experience does include a gig as “third assistant director” on the 2016 Disney movie “Queen of Katwe,” whose director, Mira Nair, is Zohran’s mom.

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