| 释义 |
tunku|ˈtʊŋkuː|
Also ‖ tengku |ˈtɛŋkuː|.
[Malay.]
A title of rank in certain states of Western Malaysia; = ‘prince’.
1879in C. W. Harrison Council Minutes, Perak, 1877–79 (1907) 63 Toh Puan, the chief wife of the former Tengku Mentri. 1897D. C. Boulger Life Sir Stamford Raffles x. 314 He also goes on to say that Tunku Long, a native rajah, arrived from Rhio, and that Raffles thereupon acknowledged him as Sultan of Johore. 1911R. J. Wilkinson Papers Malay Subjects: Malay Hist. v. xi. 34 His son, Tengku Antah, on claiming the throne, was opposed by a Sumatran prince. 1956Britannica Bk. of Year 283/2 Tengku Abdul Rahman was to head a delegation to London early in 1956. Ibid. 284/1 On Dec. 28–29, less than a week before he left for the London talks, the Tengku..met Chin Peng, secretary of the Malayan Communist Party. 1961Listener 23 Nov. 866/2 The Tunku is in this country to discuss with the British Government proposals for a Federation of Malaysia. 1977P. Theroux Consul's File vi. 48 A boy vaguely related to the Sultan..known locally (but inaccurately) as ‘Tunku’, The Prince. 1977Times 31 Aug. (Malaysia Suppl.) p. viii/8 When someone is a Tengku or Tunku..his blood is very blue indeed, or very white, as the Malays put it; unless..he comes from Perak where a Raja is usually higher. |