Andriana

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Andriana
Andriana ya kasance duka ajin daraja da lakabi na daukaka a Madagascar. A tarihi, kabilun Malagasy da yawa sun rayu a cikin ƙa'idodin zamantakewar al'umma waɗanda Andriana suka kasance mafi girma. Sun kasance a sama da Hova ('yan kasuwa na kowa) da Andevo (bayi). Andriana da Hova sun kasance wani ɓangare na Fotsy, yayin da Andevo suka kasance Mahimman kalmomi a cikin gida.
Etymology 
Andriana prefix ne na madaidaicin ma'auni a yawancin kabilun Malagasy, irin su Andriantsoly (a sama) na mutanen Sakalava. A Malagasy, kalmar ta zama Rohandryan daga baya Roandriana, wanda aka fi amfani da ita a yankin kudu maso gabashin tsibirin a tsakanin kabilun Zafiraminia, Antemoro, da Antambahoaka.[6] A tsakiyar tsaunuka, tsakanin Merina, Betsileo, Bezanozano, da Sihanaka, kalmar ta zama Randryan kuma daga baya Randriana ko kuma kawai Andriana.