Putra
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Putra or putera is the Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 word for son
Son
A son is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. The female analogue is a daughter.-Social issues regarding sons:In pre-industrial societies and some current countries with agriculture-based economies, a higher value was, and still is, assigned to sons rather than daughters,...

. It has been absorbed into the Malay and Indonesian language. It may refer to:

In Malaysia

  • Tunku Abdul Rahman
    Tunku Abdul Rahman
    Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, AC, CH was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955, and the country's first Prime Minister from independence in 1957. He remained as the Prime Minister after Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore joined the...

     Putra, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, whose name was used for the new city of Putrajaya
  • Tuanku Syed Putra
    Tuanku Syed Putra
    Raja Syed Putra ibni Syed Hassan Jamalullail, KCMG was the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya, and later of Malaysia , and sixth Raja of Perlis from 1945 to 2000....

     (1920-200), the 6th Raja of Perlis (1945-2000) and the 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya and later Malaysia (1960-1965)
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia
    Universiti Putra Malaysia
    Universiti Putra Malaysia , or UPM, is a leading research intensive public university located in central Peninsular Malaysia, close to the capital city, Kuala Lumpur. It was formerly known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia or Agricultural University of Malaysia...

    , a top research university in Malaysia
  • Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik (PUTRA) light rail transit now called the Kelana Jaya Line
    Kelana Jaya Line
    The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...

    , and its Terminal Putra LRT station
    Terminal PUTRA LRT station
    Terminal Putra is an LRT station in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the northern terminus for the RapidKL Kelana Jaya Line....

  • Putra Komuter station
    Putra Komuter station
    Putra Komuter station is a Malaysian commuter train halt in Kuala Lumpur named in part after the Putra World Trade Centre located nearby. The halt forms part of a common KTM Komuter railway line shared by both the Rawang-Seremban Route and the Sentul-Port Klang Route...

  • Proton Putra
    Proton Putra
    The Proton Putra was a coupé automobile produced by Malaysian automobile company Proton. Production of the Putra started in 1995 for the first model and ended in 2000, but was briefly relaunched in limited numbers in 2004–05 available just in Malaysia...

    , a Malaysian car
  • Putra Indoor Stadium
    Putra Indoor Stadium
    Putra Indoor Stadium or Stadium Putra is an indoor sporting arena located in National Sports Complex of Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The capacity of the arena is 16,000 people...

    , at Malaysian National Sports Complex
  • Putra World Trade Centre
    Putra World Trade Centre
    Putra World Trade Centre ' is a main convention and exhibition centre, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Construction commenced in 1981 and was completed in 1984...

    , in Kuala Lumpur
  • Wisma Putra
    Wisma Putra
    Wisma Putra is another name for the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is also the name of the RM170 million Ministry of Foreign Affairs complex located at the country’s administrative capital, Putrajaya....

    , another name for the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • the Putra Bridge
    Putra Bridge
    Putra Bridge is the main bridge in Putrajaya, Malaysia. It is analogous to Khaju Bridge in Esfahan, Iran. With a span of 435 metres, this bridge connects the Government Precinct to the Mixed Development Precinct and links Putra Square with the Boulevard....

     in Putrajaya
  • Putra Mosque
    Putra Mosque
    The Putra Mosque, or Masjid Putra in Malay language, is the principal mosque of Putrajaya, Malaysia. Construction of the mosque began in 1997 and was completed two years later. It is located next to Perdana Putra which houses the Malaysian Prime Minister's office and man-made Putrajaya Lake...

     in Putrajaya
  • Putra Heights
    Putra Heights
    Putra Heights is an affluent residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara. The township could be easily located by the tall and famous Bukit Cermin hill in Putra Heights....

    , a township in Selangor
  • Putra Post
    Putra Post
    Putra Post is a fortnightly tabloid launched by supporters of the former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad, including the Generation Mahathir club. The purpose of this was supposedly to spread his views in the rural areas and kampungs. This comes in the spate of recent conflicts between...

    , a Malaysian tabloid newspaper
  • the racial concept of Bumiputra
    Bumiputra
    Bumiputera or Bumiputra is a Malay term widely used in Malaysia, embracing indigenous people of the Malay Archipelago. The term comes from the Sanskrit word bhumiputra, which can be translated literally as "son of land"...


In Indonesia

  • Putra Sampoerna, an Indonesian billionaire
  • Budi Putra
    Budi Putra
    Budi Putra is a technology journalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to joining Yahoo! as Country Editor for Indonesia in October 2009, he was working as editor for Koran Tempo Daily and Tempo Interactive...

    , a Jakarta, Indonesia-based journalist
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