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{{Distinguish|Theravada}}[[File:Taravad.gif|thumb|A typical ''tharavad'' reproduced from [[K. M. Panikkar]]'s article published in 1918. Capital and small letters represent females and males respectively. Supposing that the females A, B and C were dead and the oldest male member ''karnavan'' being d, if the male members t, k and others demanded partition, the property would be divided into three parts.]]
{{Distinguish|Theravada}}[[File:Taravad.gif|thumb|A typical ''tharavad'' reproduced from [[K. M. Panikkar]]'s article published in 1918. Capital and small letters represent females and males respectively. Supposing that the females A, B and C were dead and the oldest male member ''karnavan'' being d, if the male members t, k and others demanded partition, the property would be divided into three parts.]]


'''Tharavad''' ({{audio|Tharavad.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a [[Malayalam]] word for [[ancestral home]], usually used by Thiyyar of Malabar,[[Nair]] & [[Ambalavasi]] castes as the common house for the [[joint family]] system practised by people of [[Kerala]], India.<ref name=Wiktionary>{{cite web |url=https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D |title=തറവാട്|website=ml.wiktionary.org |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> Tharawad follows patriarchy for Thiyyar and matriarchy for Nair .<ref>{{cite news|last=Kakkat|first=Thulasi|title=Kerala's Nalukettus|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/keralas-nalukettus/article3784842.ece|accessdate=13 December 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kunhikrishnan|first=K.|title=Fallen tharavads|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2003/12/07/stories/2003120700380600.htm|accessdate=13 December 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 April 2003}}</ref> [[Hermann Gundert]] in his Malayalam—English dictionary published in 1872, lists ''tharavad'' as "ancestral residence of land-owners" and also as "a house, chiefly of noblemen".<ref name="Gundert1872">{{cite book|author=Hermann Gundert|title=A Malayalam and English Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0K8FAAAAQAAJ|accessdate=15 February 2017|year=1872|publisher=C. Stolz|page=434}}</ref> Contemporary usage of the word is more generic to all social classes.<ref name=Wiktionary>{{cite web |url=https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D |title=തറവാട്|website=ml.wiktionary.org |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> The word Tharawad was derived from Theravada Buddhism meaning doctrine of elders.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1Hs0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1003&lpg=PT1003&dq=theravada+and+Tharawad&source=bl&ots=2fSk6AHuH1&sig=ACfU3U3vrPGKyIvhwA-Kxz8775AVhDaAAQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhtoyBq7HkAhVKILcAHexDDz8Q6AEwEXoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=theravada%20and%20Tharawad&f=false|title=The Rough Guide to South India and Kerala (Travel Guide eBook)|last=Guides|first=Rough|date=2017-10-05|publisher=Rough Guides UK|isbn=9780241332894|language=en}}</ref>
'''Tharavad''' ({{audio|Tharavad.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a [[Malayalam]] word for [[ancestral home]], usually used by Thiyyar of Malabar,[[Nair]] & [[Ambalavasi]] castes as the common house for the [[joint family]] system practised by people of [[Kerala]], India.<ref name=Wiktionary>{{cite web |url=https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D |title=തറവാട്|website=ml.wiktionary.org |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> Tharawad follows patriarchy for Thiyyar and matriarchy for Nair <ref>{{cite news|last=Kakkat|first=Thulasi|title=Kerala's Nalukettus|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/keralas-nalukettus/article3784842.ece|accessdate=13 December 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kunhikrishnan|first=K.|title=Fallen tharavads|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2003/12/07/stories/2003120700380600.htm|accessdate=13 December 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 April 2003}}</ref>.[[Hermann Gundert]] in his Malayalam—English dictionary published in 1872, lists ''tharavad'' as "ancestral residence of land-owners" and also as "a house, chiefly of noblemen".<ref name="Gundert1872">{{cite book|author=Hermann Gundert|title=A Malayalam and English Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0K8FAAAAQAAJ|accessdate=15 February 2017|year=1872|publisher=C. Stolz|page=434}}</ref> Contemporary usage of the word is more generic to all social classes.<ref name=Wiktionary>{{cite web |url=https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D |title=തറവാട്|website=ml.wiktionary.org |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> The word Tharawad was derived from Theravada Buddhism meaning doctrine of elders<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1Hs0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1003&lpg=PT1003&dq=theravada+and+Tharawad&source=bl&ots=2fSk6AHuH1&sig=ACfU3U3vrPGKyIvhwA-Kxz8775AVhDaAAQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhtoyBq7HkAhVKILcAHexDDz8Q6AEwEXoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=theravada%20and%20Tharawad&f=false|title=The Rough Guide to South India and Kerala (Travel Guide eBook)|last=Guides|first=Rough|date=2017-10-05|publisher=Rough Guides UK|isbn=9780241332894|language=en}}</ref>.


==See also==
==See also==

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Not to be confused with Theravada.
A typical tharavad reproduced from K. M. Panikkar's article published in 1918. Capital and small letters represent females and males respectively. Supposing that the females A, B and C were dead and the oldest male member karnavan being d, if the male members t, k and others demanded partition, the property would be divided into three parts.

Tharavad (pronunciationⓘ) is a Malayalam word for ancestral home, usually used by Thiyyar of Malabar,Nair & Ambalavasi castes as the common house for the joint family system practised by people of Kerala, India.[1] Tharawad follows patriarchy for Thiyyar and matriarchy for Nair [2][3].Hermann Gundert in his Malayalam—English dictionary published in 1872, lists tharavad as "ancestral residence of land-owners" and also as "a house, chiefly of noblemen".[4] Contemporary usage of the word is more generic to all social classes.[1] The word Tharawad was derived from Theravada Buddhism meaning doctrine of elders[5].

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "തറവാട്". ml.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. ^ Kakkat, Thulasi (18 August 2012). "Kerala's Nalukettus". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ^ Kunhikrishnan, K. (12 April 2003). "Fallen tharavads". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ Hermann Gundert (1872). A Malayalam and English Dictionary. C. Stolz. p. 434. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  5. ^ Guides, Rough (5 October 2017). The Rough Guide to South India and Kerala (Travel Guide eBook). Rough Guides UK. ISBN 9780241332894.
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