The term "dangdut" is a onomatopoeia for the sound of the "tabla" (also known as "gendang") drum, which is written "dang" and "ndut". Putu Wijaya initially mentioned in the May 27, 1972 edition of Tempo magazine that the doll song from India was a mixture of Malay songs, desert rhythms, and Indian "dang-ding-dut". It was reportedly coined by music magazine "Aktuil", although Rhoma Irama stated that it was coined as a term of derision by the rich to the music of the poor. Despite its derogatory intent, it was seized upon by those playing it, and the term appears in Rhoma's 1973 dangdut classic "Terajana":