Ramasamy tells DBP to remove racist 'keling' word from 'tambi' definition

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Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy has blasted the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) for including the word "keling" in its definition of "tambi" and called for its removal and an apology.According to the Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu, the online version of Kamus Dewan managed by DBP, tambi is defined as "panggilan utk orang keling yg lebih muda drpd kita" (term used to refer to a keling person younger than ourselves).The word tambi is Tamil for "little brother" but is colloquially used by Malaysians to refer to any Indian male who is younger than them.The Malay dictionary definition used "orang keling" instead of "orang India" and while keling is sometimes used to refer to Indians, particularly among older people and in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia, it is generally considered derogatory."It is …