Malay – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Malay
adj.
of or pertaining to the people who inhabit the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands; of Malaysia, of the Malay Peninsula, of the Malay Archipelago
n.
member of a people inhabiting the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands, Malayan
n.
language of the Malay people; language of Malaysia
Malay
Malay may refer to:
Language
- Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore
- Old Malay, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
- Malay languages, a group of closely related languages in the Malay Archipelago
- Malay trade and creole languages, a set of pidgin languages throughout the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago
- Brunei Malay, an unofficial national language of Brunei distinct from standard Malay
- Kedah Malay, a variety of the Malaya languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand
- Sri Lankan Creole Malay language, a language spoken by the Malay ethnic minority in Sri Lanka
- Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia
Malay
Noun
1. a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
(synonym) Malayan
(hypernym) Asian, Asiatic
(member-holonym) Malaysia, Malaya
2. a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
(hypernym) Western Malayo-Polynesian
(hyponym) Malaysian, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Kebangsaan
Adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure"
(synonym) Malayan
(pertainym) Malay, Malayan
Malay (der)
nm.
Malayan, resident of Malaya
Malay
(n.)
One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
(a.)
Alt. of Malayan
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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