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The word Peranakan is a grammatical inflection of the Malay and Indonesian word anak, meaning child or offspring.With the addition of the prefix per-and the suffix -an to the root anak, the modified word peranakan has a variety of meanings.
Peranakan cuisine or Nyonya cuisine comes from the Peranakans, descendants of early Chinese migrants who settled in Penang, Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia, inter-marrying with local Malays. In Baba Malay , a female Peranakan is known as a nonya (also spelled nyonya ), and a male Peranakan is known as a baba .
"Jawi" is an Arabic word to denote Southeast Asia, while Peranakan is a Malay word meaning "born of" (it also refers to the elite, locally born Chinese). More broadly, South Asian Muslims without mixed parentage but born in the Straits Settlements were sometimes also called Jawi Peranakan, as were children from Arab-Malay marriages.
Exhibition of Peranakan Chitty history, antiques and culture can be seen at the Chitty Museum in Chitty Village, Melaka, Malaysia. Recently in 2013, there were controversies of development at the expense of demolishing part of Kampung Chitty, a historical and cultural village. [5]
Chinese-peranakan (土生華人) family portrait in Java, circa 1856–1878; the usage of batik cloth was very common among peranakan ladies during colonial era. Many Indonesians, including the ethnic Chinese, believe in the existence of a dialect of the Malay language , Chinese Malay, known locally as Melayu Tionghoa or Melayu Cina .
Laksa is a dish of Peranakan Chinese origin, with a variety of ingredients and preparation processes that vary greatly by region. [1] Because laksa has different varieties across the region, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact origin of the dish.
'Peranakan' is the antonym of 'Totok', the former meaning simply 'descendants' (of mixed roots), and the latter meaning 'pure'. [4] [6] Chinese were divided into Thanh people (like Totok) and Minh Huong (mixed Chinese Vietnamese like Peranakan) in 1829 by Emperor Minh Mang of the Nguyen dynasty. [7]
Baba Nyonya House Museum (Malay: Muzium Warisan Baba Nyonya), also known as the Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum, is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia that showcases the local history of descendants of ethnic Chinese-Malays called Baba-Nyonya or Peranakan in the state. The museum was established in 1986 by Chan Kim Lay, the fourth ...