What's In A Name? (Apa Ada Pada Nama?)
...one may ask!!!??
- A name gives an impression of the Person....be it Positive, Negative or somewhere between the 2.
Almost all the time, a person do not have control of what to call himself or herself as the name is usually "given" by the parents or a very close relative.
A colleague remarked - the easiest way to stop a person from talking is to call her or his name out loud!
Due to the nature of my interest, I was intrigued when a person named "Dinar" added me on fb after my recent Public Talk in Indonesia during NLC 2013.
3 Questions that came to my mind when I first saw the name:-
(1) Is this the Person's Real Name?
(2) Is there some other meaning for the word "Dinar" in Indonesia?...and If YES, is it in Jawa, Sunda etc etc.
(3) What was the reason the person's parents gave the name? Is it based on:-
A. The Gold Dinar currency; or,
B. A verse in the Quran; or,
C. Some other meaning of Dinar in Indonesia which I am not aware of.
...Am hoping my new fb friend reverts to me soonest.
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Permission, obtained. Meet my friend " Dike DINAR Kartika ":-
Further interactions revealed more "interesting" information, which for me sheds a whole new perspective on the Indonesians but more specifically Javanese awareness of the Gold Dinar currency.
Even more fascinating for me is the fact that Mbak Dinar has more friends with the word DINAR.
Since I'm invited to an upcoming launch of a new Dinar soon.....the research possibilities seems endless. I will have to defer my book's publication until I've interviewed a few of the persons named Dinar as mentioned by Mbak Dinar.
Unfortunately, no person named "DIRHAM" have been identified.
