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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.


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

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“Nevertheless, Genesis is yet to complete a new development project since the strategic pivot on its own balance sheet, and hence, earnings contributions from initiatives are only likely to be crystallized in FY 2028,” analyst Vignesh Nair says.

From The Wall Street Journal

And he didn’t exactly come from nowhere; he’s the son of filmmaker Mira Nair and is open about having been raised in privilege.

From Salon

Glanville even tried using Nair, the hair-removal product, to fight the parasite.

From Los Angeles Times

"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