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A woman's name would consist of her personal name followed by the Malay phrase anak perempuan, meaning 'daughter of', and then her father's name. The Malay patronymic phrase is often abbreviated to a/l ('son of') or a/p ('daughter of') and then their father's name. In many circumstances, the intervening Malay is omitted, and the father's name ...
Pages in category "Malaysian masculine given names" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a list of notable Malay people or notable people of Malay descent. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Malay descent, whose ethnic origin lie in the Malay world.
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
This is a list of Malaysians, people who are identified with Malaysia through residential, legal, historical or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability. By ethnicity or place of origin [ edit ]
Shortlisted for the Frank Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award * Shirley Geok-Lin Lim (born 1944). Malaysia-born American writer. Al-Sayyid Shaykh bin Ahmad al-Hadi. Considered "father of the Malay novel." Syed Husin Ali Professor, politician and author of nearly 20 books. Syed Hussein Alatas (1928-2007). Malaysian academician ...
Ahmad garnered more acclaim from his story books. As his daughters were growing up, he realized that there were no good Urdu books focused on the education of girls. He began writing a story for his daughters. The way he in ‘true to life’ manner described the ‘house of the family’ and the ‘talks between the members of the family ...
This is a list of women writers who were born in Malaysia or whose writings are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.