British Airways has this great registration form that lets you choose from a vast list for your personal title.
My curiousity was piqued as to what some of the titles listed actually represent. Googling didn’t get me far, since I usually just found a reference to someone with the title (often in a foreign tongue) rather what it stood for. A lot of them seem to be Indian, which would make sense given the history involved. Can anyone help out with some translations/definitions?
The whole list is really, really long, so below are the un-obvious ones I want to figure out:
A V M, Admiraal, Alhaji, Canon,
Cik, Comte, Comtessa, Conte,
Datin, Dato, Datuk, Datuk Seri,
Dhr, Dipl Ing, Dott, Dott sa,
Dr Ing, Dra, En, Encik, Eur Ing,
Exma Sra, Exmo Sr, F O, Fru,
Graaf, Gravin, H E Dr, H H, H M,
H R H, Hajah, Haji, Hajim, Hra,
Ing, Ir, Jonkheer, Khun Ying,
Lcda, M L, M R, Mevrouw, Mlle,
Nti, Puan, Puan Sri, Rva, Sig na,
Sig ra, Sra, Srta, Tan Sri,
Tan Sri Dato, Tengku, Teuku,
Than Puying, Toh Puan, Tun.