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Kamus dewan bahasa melayu online4/1/2024 The activist, who spoke to Malaysiakini, condemned DBP for insulting the Indian community and demanded an apology from the department.ĭBP said in the statement that in 2003, a group of Indian community activists had demanded the word to be removed from the dictionary following a legal suit. Over the weekend, Indian community activist S Shankar Ganesh criticised DBP over the definition of the word “tambi” on the Department’s website that used the word “keling” in reference to the Indian community.ĭBP defined the word ‘tambi’ as: “a term used for Keling people younger than us.” However, to put an end to the controversy, DBP Director-General Abang Sallehuddin Abg Shokeran told Malaysiakini that the department will replace the word “keling” with the word “Indian”.įor the uninitiated, the word “keling” is a pejorative term to the Indian community.
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