It is said that the ‘Beary‘ Muslim community were descendants of Yemeni merchants who settled and married in the Malabar coast in South India.
Beary is a Dravidian language that has a lot of words taken from other languages as well. One famous alternative name of Beary is ‘Naknik’.
In a narration where Abdullah bin Umar scolds Hajjaj bin Yusuf, Abdullah bin Umar uses a word that is no longer used by Arabs but a corrupted form of it is used in Urdu.
Ibn Umar said, ‘Baqbiq bada dhalika ma shi-ta min Baqbaqah‘, meaning ‘Babble as much as you want to babble afterwards’.
In Urdu we say ‘Bakbak‘ for blabbering.
Another narration in Tareekh Al-Islam of Adh-Dhahabi says, Ibn Umar said, ‘Naqniq ma shi-ta min Naqnaqah’, meaning, ‘Chatter as much as you want with your chattering’.
So just like how Baqbiq became Bakbak in Urdu, it is possible (perhaps) that the Arabs who came to the Malabar coast heard the Bearys talk and felt that they were ‘Chattering’ something and called it ‘Naqniq’, and it soon was called ‘Naknik‘ by the local people. And Allah knows the best.
Smile. It’s just my theory.
-Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna.
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