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'''Potti''', also written as '''Potty''', is a sect of [[Brahmins]] in [[Kerala]] [[States and union territories of India|state]] of India. The surname Potti is also used in Arya Vyasa Community in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]], in which ''Potti'' means short.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
''Potti'' is a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] word meaning "deep respect for someone" and is used for [[Malayali Brahmins]] except the [[Nambudiri]]s.<ref name="AiyaDept1999">{{cite book|author1=V. Nagam Aiya|author2=Kerala (India). Gazetteers Dept|title=The Travancore state manual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DJuAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|page=286|publisher=Kerala Gazetteers Dept.|isbn=978-81-85499-33-8}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Pottis are often identified as [[Embranthiri|Embrandiris]] or [[Tulu language|Tulu]] Brahmin immigrants. There were three classes of Pottis based on three periods of settlement in Kerala.<ref name="NagamAiyaBookVolume2">{{cite book|author1=V. Nagam Aiya|author2=Kerala (India). Gazetteers Dept|title=The Travancore state manual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DJuAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|page=288|publisher=Kerala Gazetteers Dept.|isbn=978-81-85499-33-8}}</ref><br />
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There are Pottis of Kerala origin and [[Tulu Nadu|Tulu]] origin, who came to [[Malabar region]] as temple priests in the 16th century. Those who migrated from [[South Kanara]] to [[Malabar region|Malabar]] are known as Embrandiri or Embranthiri, while those who settled in [[Shivalli, Karnataka|Shivalli]] were known as "[[Shivalli Brahmins]]", they continue to be based in [[Udupi]] or Sivalli in South Kanara.<ref name="Menon2007">{{cite book|author=A Sreedhara Menon|title=A Survey Of Kerala History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVsw35oEBv4C&pg=PA85|date=1 January 2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-1578-6|pages=85–}}</ref><ref name="(India)Kareem1976">{{cite book|author1=Kerala (India)|author2=C. K. Kareem|title=Kerala District Gazetteers: Palghat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDJuAAAAMAAJ|page=191|year=1976|publisher=Superintendent of Govt. Presses}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Brahmin communities of Kerala]]<br />
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