Talk:Malabar region

Kolathiris
I hope somebody start an article about Kolathiris.


 * There is an article on Kolathiris but it redirects to Chirakkal Raja. It is very confusing. Mattisse(talk) 15:49, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

This article seems to be a combination of several existing articles and to have the wrong name
Why is it not called Malabar region? Calling it Malabar makes the town of Malabar disappear. Mattisse(talk) 15:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Origin of the word Malabar
There are other sources online that claim that the word Malabar actually comes from the Arab word "Ma'bar" which means "passage". The explanation given to support the claim seems to be the fact that Arab merchants had a long standing relationship with the rulers in Kerala even before the birth of Islam. So now the question is who is correct about the origin of the word "Malabar"?


 * For me, it seems more logical that Malabar is etymologically derived from Malappuram than Mala+Bar or Mal+Bar. As for Ma'bar, Malabar has nothing to do with Ma'bar. The Ma'bar of Marco Polo was on South India's east coast not west. It would probably be the modern-day Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram.- Ravichandar My coffee shop 17:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Dravidian civilizations
Wiki Raja 10:58, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Malabar is aryan. Malabar has nothing to do with tamil civilizations or dravida. Even the language malayalam is 80% Sanskrit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebonbankai (talk • contribs) 11:27, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 18:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

– Malabar region currently redirects to Malabar (Northern Kerala) (this article). Malabar refers to many things, even in northern Kerala. This article discusses the Malabar region, and there are other articles that discuss the district and other meanings. This article should be at Malabar region; I propose that the page names be swapped. Joshua Issac (talk) 16:39, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Malabar (Northern Kerala) → Malabar region
 * Malabar region → Malabar (Northern Kerala)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Attention needed
This article is almost totally unsourced, and its only two sources don't even mention "Malabar region", let alone establish any notability (in contrast to the other Malabar (disabiguation) articles). The subject appears quite intertwined with, if not identical to Malabar Coast, with which a merger is proposed. Batternut (talk) 16:13, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Map
Please add a proper Map of the region. Remember this is a REGION not a town or city.Manabimasu (talk) 02:57, 25 April 2019 (UTC)