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Malagasy
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malagasy
English
Etymology
en mg malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare en Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of en Mogadishu whereas it should be en ar جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy the Island of Mālāī.
Pronunciation
en /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/
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en /ˌmæləˈɡeɪzi/
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en /ˌmɑləˈɡɑsi/ GA
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en Mal a gasy
Noun
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A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
Translations
person
Afrikaans: af Malgas
Asturian: ast malgaxe
Catalan: ca malgaix m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬拉加斯人 Mǎlājiāsī rén
Czech: cs Malgaš m
Esperanto: eo madagaskarano man or woman, eo madagaskaranino woman
Finnish: fi malagassi
French: fr Malgache m f
German: de Madagasse m, de Madagassin f
Hungarian: hu malgas, hu madagaszkári
Italian: it malgascio m
Kazakh: kk малагасий
Malagasy: mg malagasy, mg gasy
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb gasser m, nb madagasser m
Nynorsk: nn gassar m, nn madagassar m
Polish: pl Madagaskarczyk m, pl Madagaskarka f
Portuguese: pt malgaxe m, pt madagascarense
Russian: ru малагаси́ец m, ru малагаси́йка f
Spanish: es malgache
Swahili: sw Mbukini
Swedish: sv madagask c, female sv madagaskiska c
Turkish: tr Madagaskarlı, tr Malgaş
Proper noun
The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.
en Cyrus Multhauf How a Malagasy Teenager Created the World’s Second-Largest Dictionary NEEM Blog https://neemblog.home.blog/2020/08/04/how-a-malagasy-teenager-created-the-worlds-second-largest-dictionary/ 2020-08-04 “On the other hand, I had the French and English Wiktionaries which each had more Malagasy words than the entire Malagasy Wiktionary. [That was] the trigger to start working on the Malagasy Wiktionary. In 2009, [I] didn’t know much programming at that time, so I did everything by hand, at least in the beginning.” https://web.archive.org/web/20210304202237/https://neemblog.home.blog/2020/08/04/how-a-malagasy-teenager-created-the-worlds-second-largest-dictionary/ Jagwar
en in particular The chief lect of this language or language group.
Translations
the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Afrikaans: af Malgassies, af Malagassi
Arabic: ar الْمَلَغَاسِيَّة or ar الْمَلْغَاسِيَّة, ar الْمَلَغَاشِيَّة or ar الْمَلْغَاشِيَّة
Armenian: hy մալգաշերեն
Asturian: ast malgaxe
Catalan: ca malgaix m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬拉加斯語 Mǎlājiāsī yǔ, cmn 馬達加斯加語
Czech: cs malgaština f
Danish: da malagassisk
Dutch: nl Malgasy
Finnish: fi malagassi
French: fr malgache m
Galician: gl malgaxe m
German: de Madagassisch n
Greek: el μαλαγασικά n-p
Hungarian: hu malgas
Icelandic: is malagasíska f
Indonesian: id bahasa Madagaskar
Italian: it malgascio m
Japanese: ja マダガスカル語 Madagasukaru-go, ja マラガシ語 Maragashi-go
Korean: ko 말라가시어, ko 마다가스카르어
Malagasy: mg fiteny malagasy, mg malagasy
Navajo: nv Malagasii Dineʼé bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb gassisk m, nb madagassisk m
Nynorsk: nn gassisk m, nn madagassisk m
Polish: pl malgaski m
Portuguese: pt malgaxe m
Russian: ru малагаси́йский m, archaic ru мальга́шский m
Spanish: es malgache m
Swahili: sw Kibukini
Swedish: sv malagassiska c
Turkish: tr Malgaşça, tr Madagaskarca
Gujarati: gu માલાગાસી f (1), gu માલાગાસી m f (2)
Hindi: hi मालागासी f (1), hi मालागासी m f (2)
Malagasy: mg anarana
Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar.
Of or pertaining to the Malagasy people.
Of, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language.
Derived terms
en Malagasy mouse Malagasy rat Malagasy carnivoran Malagasy civet Malagasy mongoose Malagasy rodent Malagasy warbler
Translations
pertaining to Madagascar
Afrikaans: af Malgassies, af Madagaskars
Asturian: ast malgaxe
Bengali: bn মালাগাসি
Catalan: ca malgaix
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬拉加斯 馬拉加斯的, cmn 马拉加斯语 马拉加斯的 Mǎlājiāsī de
Czech: cs malgašský
Finnish: fi madagaskarilainen
French: fr malgache
German: de madagassisch
Gujarati: gu માલાગાસી
Hindi: hi मालागासी
Hungarian: hu madagaszkári, hu malgas
Indonesian: id Madagaskar
Javanese: jv Madhagaskar, jv Malagasy
Malagasy: mg gasy
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb gassisk, nb madagassisk
Nynorsk: nn gassisk, nn madagassisk
Polish: pl madagaskarski, pl malgaski
Portuguese: pt malgaxe m, pt madagascarense
Russian: ru малагаси́йский
Slovak: sk madagaskarský
Spanish: es malgache
Swedish: sv madagaskisk, sv madagassisk, sv malagassisk
Turkish: tr malgaş, tr madagaskarlı
Ukrainian: uk мадагаска́рський, uk малагасійський
See also
mg
Further reading
mg
Malagasy - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
Malagasy World - Malagasy - English - French dictionary
1 mg mlg
mlg, a macrolanguage including:
xmv Antankarana Malagasy
bhr Bara Malagasy
msh Masikoro Malagasy
bmm Northern Betsimisaraka Malagasy
plt Plateau Malagasy
skg Sakalava Malagasy
tdx Tandroy-Mahafaly Malagasy
txy Tanosy Malagasy
xmw Tsimihety Malagasy
en Languages Madagascar