mudalalin.

Brit.

/mʊdəˈlɑːli/, U.S.

/ˌmudəˈlɑli/

Forms: 1800s mutalali, 1900s– mudalali.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Sinhala. Partly a borrowing from Tamil. Etymons: Sinhala mudalāli; Tamil mutalāḷi.

Etymology: < Sinhala mudalāli and its etymon Tamil mutalāḷi proprietor < mutal property. Compare mudaliyar n.

In Sri Lanka and southern India: a proprietor, a business person, an entrepreneur (esp. one not affecting Western dress and not doing business in English).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > Indian

Seth1740

bania1790

mudalali1855

1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 359/1 s.v. Mutaláli, a proprietor, a capitalist, a principal merchant.

1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle ii. 31 The fat Sinhalese Mudalali, Kodikarage Allis Appu, had supplied grain and curry stuffs on the same terms.

1971 Ceylon Daily News 18 Sept. 4/1 Beggar auctions where..the beggars themselves have their services bought by bidding beggar mudalalis.

1982 C. de Silva Winds of Sinhala ix. 110 Its owner, a bald man, obviously a newly rich mudalali businessman.

1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies iii. v. 274 Elections were a time of great upheaval for everyone, from the beggar..selling his sores, to Jinasena mudalali, merchandising his loyalties on the political stock market.

2002 Duke Mag. (Electronic ed.) May–June [In Trichy, southern India.] Individuals in need of immediate cash..turn to the local business owner, or mudalali. He gives the loan, with the understanding that a family member will work for the lender.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mudalali
释义	mudalalin. Brit. /mʊdəˈlɑːli/, U.S. /ˌmudəˈlɑli/ Forms: 1800s mutalali, 1900s– mudalali. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Sinhala. Partly a borrowing from Tamil. Etymons: Sinhala mudalāli; Tamil mutalāḷi. Etymology: < Sinhala mudalāli and its etymon Tamil mutalāḷi proprietor < mutal property. Compare mudaliyar n. In Sri Lanka and southern India: a proprietor, a business person, an entrepreneur (esp. one not affecting Western dress and not doing business in English). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > Indian Seth1740 bania1790 mudalali1855 1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 359/1 s.v. Mutaláli, a proprietor, a capitalist, a principal merchant. 1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle ii. 31 The fat Sinhalese Mudalali, Kodikarage Allis Appu, had supplied grain and curry stuffs on the same terms. 1971 Ceylon Daily News 18 Sept. 4/1 Beggar auctions where..the beggars themselves have their services bought by bidding beggar mudalalis. 1982 C. de Silva Winds of Sinhala ix. 110 Its owner, a bald man, obviously a newly rich mudalali businessman. 1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies iii. v. 274 Elections were a time of great upheaval for everyone, from the beggar..selling his sores, to Jinasena mudalali, merchandising his loyalties on the political stock market. 2002 Duke Mag. (Electronic ed.) May–June [In Trichy, southern India.] Individuals in need of immediate cash..turn to the local business owner, or mudalali. He gives the loan, with the understanding that a family member will work for the lender. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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