datuk bandar

Malay

Etymology

From datuk (“elder; chief”) +‎ bandar (“town”), literally “town elder or chief”

Noun

datuk bandar (Jawi spelling داتوق باندر, plural datuk-datuk bandar)

  1. mayor
    Synonym: wali kota (Indonesian)

Further reading

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