17/02/2024
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ โ
Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ and Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ are two modern countries in Asia with similar sounding names, but totally different meaning behind of it. Check it out..
Whatโs the meaning of these names?
โข Meaning of Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ
The name Malaysia is a combination of two words; ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ (English exonym for Melayu) + ๐ข๐ (a Latin-Greek suffix added to create a noun denoting a country or land). The name thus carries the meaning "๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ".โฝยนโพ
While the etymology of Malaysia is clear, the origin of the word 'Malays' or specifically its endonym '๐ด๐๐๐๐๐' remains unknown, and subject to many theories.
One notable theory points its origin to the Malay word "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐", a combination of verbal prefix "๐๐-" and the root word "๐๐๐๐๐" meaning "๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ",โฝยฒโพ thought to be a term to describe the lifestyle of ancient Malayic peoples, who were known as coastal dwellers and seafarers.โฝยณโพ
On the other hand, several theorists attempted to attribute the name to Tamil word ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ข-๐ฎ๐ซ ('hill town'),โฝโดโพ or Sanskrit word ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ ('abode of snow'),โฝโตโพ and other similar-sounding terms. However no credible references that can support these claims.โฝโถโพ
Nevertheless, terms identical to '๐ด๐๐๐๐๐' or Malay have been used as toponyms since ancient times, to refer to various places within the Malacca Straits region in general.โฝโทโพ One of the oldest recorded, being the word "๐ด๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐" mentioned in Ptolemyโs ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ from the 2nd century, referring to a place in the ๐ฎ๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (modern ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐).โฝโธโพ
The term '๐ด๐๐๐๐๐' was first established as an ethnonym beginning from the 15th century, to refer to the people of ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐,โฝโนโพ an important Malay sultanate based in the Malay peninsula. Several succeeding Malay sultanates, that were directly influenced by the former Melaka, would evolved into the constituent states of modern Malaysia.
โข Meaning of Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ
The name Indonesia derives from the Greek words Indos (แผธฮฝฮดฯฯ) and nesos (ฮฝแฟฯฮฟฯ), meaning "Indian islands". The reason being that Indonesia was originally called the Indian Archipelago or East Indies Islands. Because both are quite long, English ethnologist George Windsor Earl, proposed the terms Indunesians for the inhabitants of the Indian Archipelago.
In a published paper one of his students, James Richardson Logan, used Indonesia as a synonym for Indian Archipelago. The name dates back to the 19th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia.
While Malaysiaโs name is based on the largest ethnicity of a country, and the official language (Malay) also based on the the countryโs main demographic, Indonesiaโs largest ethnic group - Javanese, is an ethnicity heavily influenced with Hindu-Buddhist cultures. Many elements from the ancient Hindu kingdoms subsequently influenced Javanese culture and also shaping Indonesia today.
The ties between Indonesia and India date back to the times of the Ramayana, "Yawadvipa" (Java) is mentioned in India's earliest epic, the Ramayana. Sugriva, the chief of Rama's army dispatched his men to Yawadvipa, the island of Java, in search of Sita.
The island of Bali in Indonesia is the island with the largest Hindu population in the world. So, itโs not a suprise to see why Indonesia is called Indonesia meaning โIndian islandsโ.
Additional fact : Indonesiaโs national language โBahasa Indonesiaโ is among the youngest language in the world. It was rebranded from Malay language (Bahasa Melayu), a language developed from the court of Malacca & Johor.
๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ
๐ธ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ - ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐ธ๐กโ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ - ๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ
โฝยนโพ Room (2004), p.221
โฝยฒโพ Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012), p. 927
โฝยณโพ Collins (1989), p. 248
โฝโดโพ Tiwary (2009), p. 37
โฝโตโพ Abdul Rashid Melebek; Amat Juhari Moain (2006), pp. 9-10
โฝโถโพ Barnard (2004), p. 272
โฝโทโพ Barnard (2004), p. 3
โฝโธโพ Barnard (2004), p. 3
โฝโนโพ Barnard (2004), p. 4
๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ
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