Sovereignty
There is a Malay word that has changed along with history: daulat.
In times gone by, Malay subjects would accede to a request by the sultan with the phrase, 'Daulat, Tuanku', meaning 'My Sovereign Lord'. In that phrase, the word 'daulat' implies a relationship with His Highness. But today the word daulat is used as an idiom to refer to the opposite direction: to the people. "The head of the group is requested (didaulat) by the audience to come up on stage and sing."
September 16, 2014
There is a Malay word that has changed along with history: daulat.
In times gone by, Malay subjects would accede to a request by the sultan with the phrase, 'Daulat, Tuanku', meaning 'My Sovereign Lord'. In that phrase, the word 'daulat' implies a relationship with His Highness. But today the word daulat is used as an idiom to refer to the opposite direction: to the people. "The head of the group is requested (didaulat) by the audience to come up on stag
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