Malayali

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Etymology

From Malayalam മലയാളി (malayāḷi).

Adjective

Malayali (comparative more Malayali, superlative most Malayali)

  1. Of or pertaining to Kerala or its people, or to those whose native language is Malayalam.
    • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 177:
      I used to frequent a grubby takeout joint [...] where the Malayali cooks stubbornly made, in addition to chicken tikkas and garlic naans, their own region’s lacy, rice-flour bread.

Noun

Malayali (plural Malayalis or Malayali)

  1. A member of an ethnic group in south-west India, traditionally, residents of the state of Kerala who speak Malayalam.

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