Where does “Orang Asli” come from?

Orang Asli (Malay) comes from Turkish asli, from Urdu اصلی, from Classical Persian اَصْلِی.

Orang Asli (Malay): The several different non-Malay indigenous peoples of the Malay Peninsula that are of either Austroasiatic (e.g. Semang) or Austronesian (e.g. Jakun) descent

Definitions

  1. The several different non-Malay indigenous peoples of the Malay Peninsula that are of either Austroasiatic (e.g. Semang) or Austronesian (e.g. Jakun) descent

Ancestry of “Orang Asli”, step by step

Orang Asli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish asli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishaslireal, authentic, genuine
2Urduاصلیoriginal; fundamental; basic
3Classical Persianاَصْلِی—

via Malay orang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayorangperson; human, person; a vassal; a subject
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesianuRaŋoutsider
Every word from Classical Persian اَصْلِی →Every word from Urdu اصلی →Every word from Turkish asli →