Bumiputera

Bumiputera

Bumiputera or Bumiputra, which is a Malay word, comes from the Sanskrit word "Bhumiputra" which may be transliterated as "son of earth" or "son of the soil" (bhumi = earth; putra = son). It has different definitions in Brunei and Malaysia:

* Bumiputera (Brunei)
* Bumiputera (Malaysia)


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