Tuanku

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Tuanku is a Malay royal honorific style traditionally used for reigning monarchs and high-ranking nobility in Malaysia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Pengiran 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Malay royal honorific style
honorific
royal title
addressPosition placed before the name or title of the monarch
associatedWith Malay sultans NERFINISHED
Malaysian monarchy NERFINISHED
contrastsWith Tuan NERFINISHED
country Malaysia
culturalContext Malay culture
etymologyStatus derived from Malay honorific forms
formOfAddressFor Yang di-Pertuan Agong NERFINISHED
state sultans in Malaysia
grammaticalCategory noun
honorificFor hereditary rulers
sovereign rulers
languageOfOrigin Malay language NERFINISHED
partOf Malay system of titles and honorifics
politenessLevel very high
region Malay Peninsula NERFINISHED
register formal
script Jawi script NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet
semanticField nobility
royalty
usedAsFormOfAddress yes
usedBy Malay royalty
usedFor high-ranking nobility
reigning monarchs
usedIn Malaysia NERFINISHED
usedInReligionContext sometimes used in Islamic royal ceremonies in Malaysia

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuanku Munawir title Tuanku
House of Bolkiah usesHonorific Tuanku
this entity surface form: Pengiran