Madrasi

Not to be confused with Madrasa.
For other uses, see Madrasi (disambiguation).

Madrasi, also spelled as Madrassi, is a term used as a demonym and sometimes a regional slur for people from southern India, especially Tamil Nadu.[1] In earlier usage it was a demonym to refer to the people of Madras Presidency, including the people of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and parts of Karnataka and Kerala, however this use of the term is now outdated.[2][3][4][5][self-published source][6] In present-day, the exonym Madrasi specifically refers to the people in living in Madras (officially called as Chennai), and the term Chennaite (or Chennaivasi) is the endonym for the people living in the city.

  1. ^ Reddy, Kovuuri G. (2015). Handbook of Journalism and Media: India, Bharat, Hindustan. Vikas Publishing Housel. p. 255. ISBN 9789325982383. OCLC 1091767503. Madrasi is a reference; it could be also a 'regional' slur
  2. ^ Himadri Banerjee; Nilanjana Gupta; Sipra Mukherjee (10 July 2009). Calcutta Mosaic: Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta. Anthem Press. p. 211. ISBN 9781843318057. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ David Theo Goldberg, Ato Quayson (2002). Relocating Postcolonialism. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-631-20805-1.
  4. ^ Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Gary Needham (2006). Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide. University of Hawaii Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-8248-3085-4.
  5. ^ Sri Saibaba s Charters and Sayings -As I Understand. Xlibris Corporation. 2013. p. 176. ISBN 9781483629674. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ Annette Lynch; Mitchell D. Strauss (2014). Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 189. ISBN 9780759121508. Although "Madras" is the name of a place, in this context it is used as an adjective and not as a proper noun.