English Explanatory Dictionary

bumiputra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a citizen of Malaysia having indigenous Malayan or Borneo ancestry.

Word forms

bumiputra bumiputras

Etymology

From Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi) + पुत्र (putra); via Malay bumiputera (“son of the soil”).

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