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DPiDAK

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DARJAH

D. wangi, d. zminyak, d. chuchok: unidentified
varieties of the dldap.
II. A small shield or buckler; better dadap..Q. d6dak. I. Bran; padi husk broken up and
mixed with broken padi (given as food to
ducks, etc.). Bagi padi, hendak ka-dedak:
give him padi and he longs for bran; give him
honest food and he longs for the filth he is
accustomed to;-a proverbial expression also
used to describe irreclaimably low tastes and
conduct such as that of a fallen woman who
after being honestly married returns to her
evil ways.
II. MSndedak: to crowd; to press on in
large numbers. Me'nderu izendedak: id. (intensified); Ht. Raj. Don., 47.
trb dbdam. (Kedah.) Bededam: to crowd or
meet together.
Bededam kapal di-Tanjong
Tannpak dari Pulau Jerejak;
Rindu dendaim sangat tertanggong,
Hendak tangis, bukan budak:
the ships seem to crowd the port of Penang
when viewed from Pulau Jerejak.
At d6dau. (Riau, Johor.) Mendedal: to shriek,
to cry out at the top of one's voice.
~^ d6dah. Open, exposed, standing open or
exposed; indecent exposure through carelessness in lying down; naked and on one's back.
Dudok t rdedah: id.
c5 d d6dai. Berdedai-dedai: in a long crowded
disorderly line, as the flight of a beaten army
along a pass. Berjalan berdedai-dedai: to
march in long disorderly array; Sh. Pr. Ach.,
6, 2I.
dari. A preposition expressive of origin or
material; from, regarding, out of; of (in the
sense of "made of"); in the matter of.
Dari situ: thence. D. sini: hence. Dari Ml:
relating to. Daripada: from, out of, regarding. Guru daripada igama: a teacher of
religion. Pandai daripada tulis meinulis:
skilled in writing.
Dari is also used where a preposition of
comparison would be used in English.
Endah khabar dari rupa: repute is fairer than
appearance; things seldom come up to
expectation; Prov., Ht. Abd., II4.

The prepositional character of dari (which in
Malay always precedes the word to which it
relates and is therefore of the nature of a
prefix) leaves the vowels in the word dari
unaccented; e. g., dari-sltu, dari-stni, etc. The
vowels in dari are therefore always short.

d6ra. Chastisement, punishment. Di-halaman balai itu di-dera: punished on the lawn
before the court; Sh. Jur. Bud., 14. Dengan
chtzeti engkau ku dera: I will chastise you
with the whip; Sh. Abd. Mk., 71.
diraja. [Skr. adhi-rdja.] Noble royalty;
royalty by descent; hereditary kingship;-an
abbreviation of adiraja. Raja diraja: a king,
the son of kings; Ht. Berm. Shahd. Angkatan raja diraja: a royal hearse; Ht. Abd.
Pancha raja diraja: id.; Ht. Ism. Yat., I39.
Seri nara diraja: a Malay title of high rank;
Sej. Mal., o15. Dato' Seri A mar diraja: id.,
at Johor.
ddrana. [Skr. dharana.] Guilty.
d6rawa or dirawa. [Skr. drdwa.] Syrup.
Gula d.: id., a simile for extreme sweetness;
Ht. Mas Ed. This word is usually pronounced di-rawak by a mistaken etymology.

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LX);.A dTrot or d6rut. (Onom.) A dull scraping
sound; the noise of the dragging of an anchor
or similar object over dry rocks; the cracking
and falling in of a river-bank.
A durja. [Skr. darsha?] Countenance, visage;
a poetic and somewhat high-flown equivalent
of mtka, face. Mengapa-kah durja tuwan
puchat-puchat ini? Why is your countenance
so pallid? Ht. Sg. Samb. D. bersiri: a bright
expression of countenance; Sh. Sri Ben., 54.
D. mranm: a dull, sad or sullen expression of
countenance; Sh. Bur. Pungg., 2. Tinggi d.:
a high look, a lofty countenance; Sh. Jub.
Mal., 9. Endah bulan pernala, terlebeh endah
dloja abang: fair is the full moon, fairer the
face of my lover; Ht. Koris. Durja-nya tuwan
di-tati t'rtulis: your face is imaged on my
heart; Sh. Pant. Shl., iI.
Jamijam d.: expression, look; a very poetic
equivalent of ayer inuka; Sh. Bid., 21; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 79, 107.
>) durjana. [Skr. durjana.] Evil, wicked,
treacherous; treason. Orangyang mten mbuwat
durjana: a treacherous man; Ht. Kal. Dam.,
77. Munteri d.: a traitorous minister; Ht.
Kal. Dam., 377. D. akan twan-ku: treason
to my sovereign; Ht. Ism. Yat., o17. Kekayaan-nya dan kebesaran-nya durjana: its wealth
and its greatness are treacherous things; Ht.
Abd., 23.
In Kedah the form juru-jana occurs. Hang
ini besar juru-jana: you are a great mischiefmaker; you are a treacherous friend.
4... darjah or darjat. [Arab. 4'. -.] Grade,
rank; symbol of rank; scale. Di-kaluwarkan-nya darjat-nya ka-atas baju-nya: he placed
the tokens of his rank outside his coat (so
that they might be seen); Ht. Abus., I9.

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