单词 | moplah |
释义 | Moplahn.adj. A. n. Any of the Muslim inhabitants of Malabar (now northern Kerala), India. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > other peoples of India > person Jat1622 Maratha1744 Moplah1787 Mleccha1793 Gurkha1811 Swati1815 Naga1835 Manipuri1837 Malayali1856 Ho1860 Mahsud1873 Adivasi1941 1787 J. Ritson Let. 1 Jan. (1833) I. 124 Your wond'rous tales..Of Moplas fierce your hand has tam'd, And monsters that your sword has maim'd. 1807 F. Buchanan Journey from Madras II. 391 No instance occurs of a Moplay having been converted. 1866 H. E. J. Stanley tr. D. Barbosa Descr. Coasts Africa & Malabar 146 Moors, who are of the same language and colour as the Gentiles of the country... Mapulers; they carry on nearly all of the trade of the seaports. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 363 The Chettis, Nairs, and Moplahs, who occupy land in Wainad, generally select elevated knolls for the sites of their dwellings. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. May 612/1 The Moplahs..are the descendants of Arab fathers and Malabarese mothers. 1964 A. Swinson Six Minutes to Sunset ix. 164 Whose kinsmen in Malabar had suffered indescribable tortures and mutilations from the Moplahs. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 156/2 The people [of Lakshadweep] are Moplahs—that is, of mixed Hindu and Arab descent—and are Muslims. B. adj. (attributive). Of or relating to the Moplahs. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [adjective] > other peoples of India Gentoo1672 Maratha1742 Mewati1832 Toda1834 Naga1835 Sindhi1836 Yusufzai1838 Ahom1848 Dogra1849 Lushai1862 Meo1880 Rai1899 Moplah1910 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > parts of Hindustan1655 Malabaric1680 Malabarian1709 Malabarish1717 Siddi1737 Hindustani1786 Assamese1802 Hindustanish1811 Mizo1832 Sindian1849 Rajasthani1901 Paharia1909 Moplah1910 Malabarese1922 Mewari1925 Gujarati1927 1910 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 813/2 The Moplah Rifles were disbanded in April 1907. 1964 A. Swinson Six Minutes to Sunset ix. 163 The Moplah rebellion of the previous year [sc. 1922], in which a fanatical set of Muslims had butchered thousands of Hindus. 1989 Encycl. Brit. VII. 111/2 The southern group [of islands] was permitted to remain under the management of the Moplah chief at a yearly tribute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1787 |
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