Bumiputera or Bumiputra, is a Malay word used as an ethnonym designating certain indigenous peoples of the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago. Etymologically, this term derives from the Sanskrit word भूमिपुत्र (IAST:bhū́miputra) - a compound noun literally meaning "son of the soil" or "son of the earth" (भूमि bhūmi = soil/earth; पुत्र putra = son of). As an official designation, the legal definition of the term bumiputera varies across Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia:
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