Datuk

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Datuk is a Malaysian honorific title conferred by state or federal rulers to individuals in recognition of their significant contributions to the nation or society.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Malaysian honorific title ⓘ
title of honour ⓘ
associatedWith federal awards in Malaysia ⓘ
state awards in Malaysia ⓘ
conferredBy Malaysian federal rulers ⓘ
Malaysian state rulers ⓘ
linked to: Malay rulers
conferredFor significant contributions to society ⓘ
significant contributions to the nation ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
domain civil honours ⓘ
public service recognition ⓘ
grantedBy Malaysian state Sultans (for certain state awards carrying the title) ⓘ
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (in non-royal Malaysian states, for certain awards carrying the title) ⓘ
Yang di-Pertuan Agong (for certain federal awards carrying the title) ⓘ
hasEquivalentOrSimilarTitle Datu (in some Philippine and Bornean contexts, historically distinct but similar in form) ⓘ
hasGenderedForm Datin (female spouse of a Datuk, in many cases) ⓘ
Datuk (male recipient) ⓘ
higherRankThan some state titles without federal recognition ⓘ
honorificCategory non-hereditary title ⓘ
honorificPrefixFor person’s name ⓘ
isWrittenAs "Datuk" in modern Malay orthography ⓘ
language Malay ⓘ
lowerRankThan Tan Sri ⓘ
Tun ⓘ
mayBeRevoked yes (in cases of misconduct, according to relevant authorities) ⓘ
partOf Malaysian honours system ⓘ
recognizes contributions in arts and culture ⓘ
contributions in business ⓘ
contributions in politics ⓘ
contributions in sports ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
public service ⓘ
spellingVariant Dato’ (used in some Malaysian states for similar rank titles) ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
styleOfAddress Yang Berbahagia Datuk ⓘ
usedIn Malaysia ⓘ
usedInContext formal address ⓘ
media reporting about title holders ⓘ
official documents ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Sultan of Terengganu → confersTitle → Datuk Seri ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Jeffrey Cheah → hasHonor → Dato' Seri ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Hishammuddin Hussein → hasHonorific → Dato' Sri ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Abdul Rahman Ya'kub → honorificTitle → Datuk Patinggi ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Order of the Crown of Johor → confersTitle → Dato' ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Order of the Crown of Johor → confersTitle → Dato' Sri ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Order of the Crown of Selangor → hasTitleConferred → Dato' Sri ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Order of the Crown of Selangor → hasTitleConferred → Dato' ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Datuk → spellingVariant → Dato’ (used in some Malaysian states for similar rank titles) ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Misbun Sidek → honorificTitle → Datuk ⓘ
Zeti Akhtar Aziz → honorificTitle → Dato’ Sri ⓘ
linked to: Datuk
Rafidah Aziz → hasHonorificTitle → Dato’ Seri ⓘ
linked to: Datuk