bumiputra
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi) + पुत्र (putra); via Malay bumiputera (“son of the soil”).
=== Noun ===
bumiputra (plural bumiputras)
(Malaysia) a citizen of Malaysia having indigenous Malayan or Borneo ancestry.
== Indonesian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
boemipoetra (1901–1947)
=== Etymology ===
From Malay bumiputera (“indigenous people”, literally “son of the land”), from Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi, “earth”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”), equivalent to bumi + putra. See also Sanskrit भूमिपुत्र (bhūmiputra).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bumiˈputra/ [bu.miˈpu.t̪ra], /bumiputəˈra/ [bu.mi.pu.t̪əˈra]
Rhymes: -utra, -a
Syllabification: bu‧mi‧pu‧tra
=== Noun ===
bumiputra
indigenous people
=== Further reading ===
“bumiputra”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016