单词 | rakyat |
释义 | rakyatn. In Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia: ordinary citizens collectively, the common people (as opposed to the government or an elite); (also as a count noun) an ordinary citizen. ΚΠ 1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 9 36 The raayat here, as elsewhere in independent Malay States, has no rights of person or property, and he is only regarded by his rulers as a source of revenue. 1958 J. M. Gullick Indigenous Polit. Syst. of W. Malaya 21 The term for the subject class was ra'ayat (both for an individual and for the class collectively). 1983 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) 29 Nov. FE/7503/B/1 Except for the rakyat (people) themselves, no-one has the right to force him to resign. 1990 B. R. O'G. Anderson Lang. & Power i. 61 The rakyat has all along been a central symbol of Indonesian nationalism. 1996 Business Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 1 Mar. 2 Their duty is not confined as a medium between the rakyats and toplevel leaders but as a think-tank as well. 2000 Z. Sardar Consumption Kuala Lumpur 139 In the rise and fall and interplay of power rivalries between the old sultanates of the archipelago, the doings of the rakyat are an unrecorded story. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897 |
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