Panicker
Panicker (sometimes Panikkar) is an Indian title or last name.
Etymology
The Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, entry number 3884, considers the word Panikkan as a word of Dravidian etymology, deriving from the Dravidian root word Pani, meaning service, work etc. Panikkan could mean a person who commands as well as one who serves. The DED traces cognates of the word Panikkan in twelve Dravidian languages, besides Malayalam.[citation needed]
The Portuguese traveller Duarte Barbosa said that "They are the skillful men who teach this art Kalarippayattu, and they are called the Panickers: these are the captains in war."[1]
Spelling
Following the current conventions for romanising Malayalam without diacritic marks, the name would be "Panikkar". However, Panikker, Panicker, Panickar, Paniker, Panikar, Panniker, and Pannikavannar, and other variants are found.[citation needed]
Notable people
- Achyuta Panikkar, astronomer of Kerala
- Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, warrior of the 19th century
- Ayyappa Paniker, poet
- Cheerappanchira Panicker, kalari martial arts practitioner
- G.N.Panicker, literary figure
- Geevarghese Mar Ivanios (born Geevarghese Panickeruveetil), first Archbishop of trivandrum and founder of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church in Kerala
- Geevarghese Panicker, priest and educationalist of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Kerala
- K. M. Panikkar, statesman and diplomat, professor, newspaper editor, historian and novelist
- K. N. Panikkar, historian
- Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan (born M. R. Ramakrishna Panikkar), writer
- Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, diplomat and writer
- Kavalam Narayan Panikkar, dramatist and poet
- Kavalam Narayana Panicker, dramatist, theater director, and poet
- Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker, Malayalam poet and prominent social reformer
- N. Kesava Panikkar, zoologist
- P. K. Narayana Panicker, former General Secretary and President of the Nair Service Society
- P. N. Panicker, father of the Library Movement
- Prem Panicker, cricket journalist
- Putumanna Panikkar, warrior of Valluvanad family
- Rahul Panicker, entrepreneur, president and co-founder of Embrace Innovations
- Raimon Panikkar, Catalan scholar
- Renji Panicker, journalist, script writer, producer, actor, and director
- Niranam poets:
- Madhava Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
- Rama Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
- Sankara Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
References
- ^ Lord Egerton of Tatton (2002). Indian and Oriental Arms and Armour. Courier Dover Publications. p. 80.
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