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h~hrnic Studies, 31:4 (1992) 477<br />
58. Tbm i a thirty minutes pmgramme in the mornin@ d T uradays and Sundaya (Murlim<br />
service) and a Friday night pmpaaune of equal duration (Sinhala senice).<br />
59. l%e GCE (AL) also offers as wwses Latin, Sanskrit. Pali. Arabic, Hi, Urdu, Persian,<br />
French. G e m and other Laagua&es.<br />
60. For instance, background texts such as Oxford Companion to GermanlFrencMtalian Studies<br />
do not appear to exist.<br />
61. The Department of Musli~n Religious and Cultural Affairs included Malay cultural items in<br />
its annual Milid al-Nabi celebrations. The Departr.1 t of Muslim Religious and Cultural<br />
Affairs has now been raised to the status of a state Ministry for Muslim Religious and<br />
Cultural Affairs.<br />
APPENDIX A<br />
SOME TYPICAL NAMES <strong>OF</strong> THE <strong>MALAY</strong>S <strong>OF</strong> <strong>SRI</strong> <strong>LANKA</strong><br />
V-deRrdroWd<br />
Ahl-(Ahl-i)<br />
Ahamath (Ahmad)<br />
Backer (Abu Bakr)<br />
Galiph (Khalifah)<br />
Jappar (Jabbar)<br />
Laphir W)<br />
Mahamooth (Mahmud!<br />
(Uthman)<br />
Pakcer (Faqir)<br />
Ramdin (Ramadan)<br />
Sarip (Sharif)<br />
2. TdsopedVcl.bad~rnWonds<br />
Amath (Ahmad)<br />
Amith (Hamid)<br />
Baardeen (Badr al-Din)<br />
Jalain (Jalal al-Din)<br />
Saldin (Salah al-Din)<br />
seedin (Sayyid Din)<br />
Shamdin (Shams al-Din)<br />
Sudin (Sa'ud Din)<br />
3. -wd<br />
-<br />
Banda (linesgellne of strong forbears)<br />
Jayah (victorious)<br />
Nagam (city, nation)<br />
Mahat (great)<br />
Dharma (right/righteous)<br />
W)<br />
Weera bandsa (heroic lineage)
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