Nik Safiah Karim
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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Nik Abdul Karim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Safiah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Nik Safiah binti Nik Abdul Karim (born 17 December 1939 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan)[1][2] is a Malay language grammarian in Malaysia. She earned her PhD from Ohio University and is former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at University of Malaya.[3]