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Kling|klɪŋ|
[Malay Keling Tamil, ad. Kalinga an old name for a strip of coast along the Bay of Bengal.]
A disparaging term applied to Indian settlers in Malaysia.
1606E. Scott Exact Discourse E. Indians sig. F 4 If it were not for the Sabyndar, the Admirall, and one or twoe more, which are Clyn men borne, there were noe liuing for a Christian amongst them. 1625Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. ii. 385 The fifteenth of Iune, heere arriued Nockhoda Tingall a Cling-man from Banda, in a Iaua Iuncke. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. i. 8 The Chinese, and the natives from India (Chuliahs and Klings,) are by far the most useful class. 1868C. Collingwood Rambles of Naturalist on Shores & Waters China Sea xv. 245 The Klings are, indeed, the only people who can contest the field with the Chinese. 1869A. R. Wallace Malay Archipelago I. ii. 31 The Klings of Western India are a numerous body of Mahometans, and, with many Arabs, are petty merchants and shopkeepers. 1890Kipling Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) 135 The frigate-bird shall carry my word to the Kling and the Orang-Laut. 1968Encycl. Brit. XIII. 400/1 In Malay usage ‘Kling’ carried associations of disparagement from the start. It..was replaced by ‘Tamil’ early in the 20th century. |