The word Nair is said to be originated from NayaDogimplying that they were loyal to their Brahmin and kshtryia mastersEven today they give undue respect to those community members unlike the rest of malayaleesThough there are a few cases of Nairs becoming Naduvzhis can be compared to a watcher or a peon becoming a manager of a companyKeralas kshtriya and Brahmin community were so small that they needed help to look after their land and other assetsSo some of the watchers became small time rulersTherefore this cannot be applied to a whole societyEarlier dutch visitors to kerala has protrayed Nairs a group of mercineries doing anything for money while they were proud to have their females sleeping with the upper caste men Anil kumar