Toh Puan

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Toh Puan is an honorific title in Malaysia traditionally granted to the wife of a man who has been conferred one of the nation’s highest federal awards, placing her among the country’s most distinguished female consorts.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Toh Puan canonical 4
Ibu Tien 2
Toh Pn. 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Malay honorific ⓘ
Malaysian honorific ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
associatedWith Malaysian orders and decorations ⓘ
federal awards of Malaysia ⓘ
category Malaysian titles ⓘ
honorifics ⓘ
conferralBasis spousal status of federal award recipient ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
derivesFrom Malay court and aristocratic traditions ⓘ
domain Malaysian protocol ⓘ
Malaysian social etiquette ⓘ
genderAssociation female ⓘ
grantedTo wife of a male titleholder ⓘ
wife of a man conferred a high federal award ⓘ
hasFormOfAddress Yang Amat Berbahagia Toh Puan ⓘ
honorificFor spouse of a high-ranking Malaysian dignitary ⓘ
honorificPrefixType non-hereditary title ⓘ
isTitleFor wife of a Tun (in many cases) ⓘ
language Malay ⓘ
relatedTitle Datin Seri ⓘ
Puan Sri ⓘ
Tun ⓘ
relativeRank among highest-ranking female styles in Malaysia ⓘ
shortForm Toh Pn. ⓘ
linked to: Toh Puan
socialStatus distinguished female consort ⓘ
styleOfAddress Toh Puan ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial occasions ⓘ
formal address ⓘ
usedIn Malaysia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tun → femaleEquivalent → Toh Puan ⓘ
Siti Hartinah → alsoKnownAs → Ibu Tien ⓘ
linked to: Toh Puan
Tien Suharto → alsoKnownAs → Ibu Tien ⓘ
linked to: Toh Puan
SMN → titleConferred → Toh Puan (for wives of male recipients) ⓘ
linked to: Toh Puan
Toh Puan → styleOfAddress → Toh Puan ⓘ
Toh Puan → shortForm → Toh Pn. ⓘ
linked to: Toh Puan