Klingn.

/klɪŋ/

Etymology: Malay Keling Tamil, < Kalinga an old name for a strip of coast along the Bay of Bengal.

A disparaging term applied to Indian settlers in Malaysia.

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1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. F4 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.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. ii. 385 The fifteenth of Iune, heere arriued Nockhoda Tingall a Cling-man from Banda, in a Iaua Iuncke.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. i. 8 The Chinese, and the natives from India (Chuliahs and Klings,) are by far the most useful class.

1868 C. Collingwood Rambles Naturalist xv. 245 The Klings are, indeed, the only people who can contest the field with the Chinese.

1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. ii. 31 The Klings of Western India are a numerous body of Mahometans, and, with many Arabs, are petty merchants and shopkeepers.

1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 135 The frigate-bird shall carry my word to the Kling and the Orang-Laut.

1968 Encycl. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	kling
释义	Klingn. /klɪŋ/ Etymology: Malay Keling Tamil, < Kalinga an old name for a strip of coast along the Bay of Bengal. A disparaging term applied to Indian settlers in Malaysia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Malaysia > [noun] > Indian Kling1606 1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. F4 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. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. ii. 385 The fifteenth of Iune, heere arriued Nockhoda Tingall a Cling-man from Banda, in a Iaua Iuncke. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. i. 8 The Chinese, and the natives from India (Chuliahs and Klings,) are by far the most useful class. 1868 C. Collingwood Rambles Naturalist xv. 245 The Klings are, indeed, the only people who can contest the field with the Chinese. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. ii. 31 The Klings of Western India are a numerous body of Mahometans, and, with many Arabs, are petty merchants and shopkeepers. 1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 135 The frigate-bird shall carry my word to the Kling and the Orang-Laut. 1968 Encycl. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1606
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