 However, scholar Richard M. Swiderski states that none of these etymologies are entirely sound.Knanaya priest and scholar Jacob Kollaparambil argues that the "Cana" form is a corruption introduced by European scholars in the 18th century based on the Malayalam form Knāy and its variants (Kynāi, Kināyi, Kinān) found in the folk tradition of the Knanaya and the common parlance and literature of the people of Malabar.This may be a reference to the Christian community of Kynai, in Bét Aramayé in Persia.