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Unnithan (
Malayalam: ഉണ്ണിത്താന്) is the modern form of the older title of
Thankal(താങ്കള്), which meant "Sir" in the
Malayalam language. Unnithans were among the
Nair aristocracy in the
Travancore region of the Indian state of
Kerala. Very often Unnithan ladies were married by
Kshatriyas of the royal families such as
Mavelikara, Ennakad, Prayikkara etc.
Unnithans were never addressed in gatherings by their first names but instead by their family names with the title of
Eman (ഏമാന്, a corruption of Lord),and as
Thankal, even by the
Maharajahs. Their women used the honorific title of
Kunjamma, indicative of their greater status among the Nair community, where ladies unanimously used the title of
Amma.
While other titles of nobility were used by members of various castes such as
Panicker,
Pillai, etc., Unnithan or Thankal was a title of high status reserved only for the highest class among the
Nair aristocracy. All Unnithans were, in the past, addressed formally only as
Thankal while the later term was a general surname. Below is an excerpt from Edgar Thurston's "Castes and Tribes of Southern India":
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