turun takhta
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]turun takhta (Jawi spelling تورون تختا, plural turun-turun takhta, informal 1st possessive turun takhtaku, 2nd possessive turun takhtamu, 3rd possessive turun takhtanya)
- abdication
- Synonym: abdikasi
Verb
[edit]turun takhta (Jawi spelling تورون تختا)
- (intransitive) to abdicate
- 2019, Ku Syafiq Ku Fozi, “Bagaimana Yang di-Pertuan Agong dipilih? [Why the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was elected?]”, in Utusan Online[1]:
- Berita Sultan Muhammad V turun takhta sebagai Yang di-Pertuan Agong ke-15 membuatkan rakyat Malaysia kembali berminat untuk ambil tahu tentang proses pemilihan Ketua Negara ini.
- The news regarding Sultan Muhammad V abdicated as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong made the Malaysians once more interested to find out about the process of electing the head of state.
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: turun takhta
Further reading
[edit]- “turun takhta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.