suri teladan

Malay

Etymology

suri +‎ teladan

Noun

suri teladan (Jawi spelling سوري تلادن, plural suri-suri teladan, informal 1st possessive suri teladanku, 2nd possessive suri teladanmu, 3rd possessive suri teladannya)

1. role model
   • 2022 July 17, “Gadis Afghanistan terkesan akibat penutupan sekolah [Afghan girls affected by school closures]”, in Berita Harian‎^[1]:

     Sebelum Taliban memasuki Kabul tahun lalu, Sharifa (bukan nama sebenar) ialah pelajar tahun sembilan di sebuah sekolah di Kabul, dengan mencatat markah tertinggi dalam kelas serta menjadi suri teladan bagi murid lain di sekolahnya.

     Before the Taliban entered Kabul last year, Sharifa (not her real name) was a ninth-year student at a school in Kabul, scoring the highest marks in her class and being a role model for other students at her school.

Further reading

• “suri teladan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.