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BADLINGNAPPANAVAR is a Tamil surname that may have originated in the medieval Tamil kingdom of Madurai. The surname may also be derived from the Tamil word badli meaning 'to sweep' or 'to clean.' The BADLINGNAPPANAVARS may have been skilled in cleaning and sweeping, and hence the surname. Alternatively, the surname may be derived from the Tamil word nappan meaning 'a kind of cloth.' The BADLINGNAPPANAVARS may have been cloth merchants.
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People with the surname BADLINGNAPPANAVAR appear across 1 type of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.
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