Etymology

Ketuanan Melayu

Today it means: An ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians. Full definition →

Malay Ketuanan Melayu
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The story

  1. Malay · borrowed fromKetuanan Melayu
  2. English todayKetuanan Melayu

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Ketuanan Melayu, literally, “Malay overlordship”.

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