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Moplah Anglo-Indian.|ˈmɒplə|
Also 8–9 mopla, 9 mapilla, mopilla, moplai, -lar, -lay.
[a. Malayālam māppila.]
One of the Muslim inhabitants of Malabar, descended from Moors and Arabs who have settled on that coast, and married Malabar women.
1787Ritson Life & Lett. (1833) I. 124 Your wond'rous tales..Of Moplas fierce your hand has tam'd, And monsters that your sword has maim'd. 1807F. Buchanan Journ. Madras, etc. II. 391 No instance occurs of a Moplay having been converted. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 363 The Chettis, Nairs, and Moplahs, who occupy land in Wainad, generally select elevated knolls for the sites of their dwellings. |