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The English word 'gibbon' is said to be a reborrowing from French, and folk etymology (cf. Gibbon (surname)) [44] originally from an Orang Asli word, probably via a Malay intermediary. [ 45 ] Gingham
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Officially, Malaysian Indians use a patronymic naming system combining their traditional Indian names with some Malay words, [8] while others use Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, or Sanskrit names. [9] A man's name would consist of his personal name followed by the Malay phrase anak lelaki, meaning 'son of', and then
The former Prime Minister of Malaysia has the full name Dato' Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, where 'Dato' Seri' is a Malay title of honour, 'Mohd Najib' is his personal name, 'bin' is derived from an Arabic word Ibnu meaning "son of" if in case of daughter it is replaced with binti, an Arabic word "bintun" meaning "daughter of ...
Raden, a royal family name used in the several Malay Sultanates in Kalimantan, used extensively by the Pontianak Malays. Andi, Daeng, Tok, Pengiran, Tengku, Raja is the title of ( Buginese-Malay Race and Makassarese-Malay) given to those who are descendants from the Bugis Royal Family. This title is placed as the first name, for example (Andi ...
The Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) noted that the Malays first called them Bengali Puteh (White Bengalis), as the Portuguese brought to mind traders from Bengal but were more pale skinned. In the early years, the Malays called the Portuguese Serani (a Malay contraction of the Arabic Nasrani, meaning followers of Jesus the Nazarene). [10]
English loans are mostly related to trade, science and technology while Arabic loans are mostly religious as Arabic is the liturgical language of Islam, the religion of the majority of Malay speakers. However, many key words such as surga/syurga (heaven) and the word for "religion" itself (agama) have origins in Sanskrit.
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