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The Malay language has a complex system of styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Singapore.. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, few provinces in the Philippines and several provinces in Indonesia regularly award honorary and life titles.
This is a list of the titles related to Datuk, or its variant spelling Dato, Dato' or Datu, used in Brunei and Malaysia as titles which are conferred together with certain orders (darjah kebesaran). It may exist in itself as a single-word title, or as the prefix in a string of title such as "Dato Paduka" and "Datuk Seri Panglima".
Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] The title of the wife of a male Datuk is Datin. Women with the title can take either the title Datin or Datuk.
The Distinguished Order of Meritorious Service Darjah-darjah Yang Mulia Jasa Negara: Commander: Panglima Jasa Negara: P.J.N. Datuk: Datin: The Most Distinguished Royal Family Order of Loyalty
For an example of a complex name, one 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 (often further abbreviated to 'Najib'), 'bin' introduces his father's titles and names, Tun is a higher honour, 'Haji' denotes ...
In 1964, Ramily Bin Thakir translated the Kural text in verse. [1] In 1967, Hussein Ismail translated the work under the title Thirukural Sastera Kalasik Tamil Yang. [1] [2] In 1978, G. Soosai's translation appeared under the title Thirukkural dalam bahasa Melayu. [1]
In contrast Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders. Being Muslim, Malay people address high-ranking religious scholars as tok imam (grandpa imam). Tok dalang is a honorific used to address a village leader.
The following are the lists of state decorations and medals of honour of Brunei. [2] All of their names are styled in the Malay language, nevertheless many of the names have also been officially given the equivalents in English, that is by the Department of Adat Istiadat.