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Malay
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malay Malay.
English
ms
Etymology
en ethnicity :der ms:Melayu<id:ethnicity> 1
From en ms Melayu, from ms Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as ltc 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties as ltc 木剌由, ltc 麻里予兒, ltc 巫來由 and ltc 無來由. First attested in English as 1598.
Exonymous derivation from ml മല mountain has not been demonstrated.
Pronunciation
en /məˈleɪ̯/ /meɪ̯ˈleɪ̯/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malay.wav Southern England
en /ˈmeɪ̯leɪ̯/ /məˈleɪ̯/ US
en /mɐˈlaɪ̯/ Philippines
en eɪ 2
en melee
Adjective
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Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei and coastal regions of Borneo including Kalimantan in Indonesia, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago, in most of the Malay Peninsula including the southernmost provinces of Thailand, states of West Malaysia (where they are politically dominant in the federation), and in Singapore.
en 1955 April Notes and News: A Journey through Thailand Railway Magazine 286 There were not many passengers, and the journey was uneventful until the frontier was reached at Padang Besar, although an armed escort of Malay police accompanied the train from Alor Star.
en 2008 w:Preeta Samarasan Evening is the Whole Day Fourth Estate 124 “I heard the Malay fellas talking at the office.”
In, of or otherwise relating to the languages spoken by Malays.
Derived terms
en Malayic Malayisation Malayization Malayize Malayness Malayo- Deutero-Malay Federated Malay States Malaya Malayan Malay apple Malay bear Malay camphor Malay gate Malayize * Malayization Malay kiss Malayness
Translations
of the Malay people
Afrikaans: af Maleis
Armenian: hy մալայական
Asturian: ast malayu
Belarusian: be мала́йскі
Bulgarian: bg мала́йски
Burmese: my ပသျှူး, my မလေး
Catalan: ca malai m, ca malaia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬來人 馬來人的 Mǎláirén de
Czech: cs malajský
Danish: da malaysisk, da malajisk
Dutch: nl Maleis, nl Maleisisch
Finnish: fi malaiji malaiji-, fi malaiji malaijien
French: fr malais, fr malay
German: de malaiisch
Greek: el της Μαλαισίας f genitive of Malaya
Hindi: hi मलय
Hungarian: hu maláj
Icelandic: is malajískur
Indonesian: id Melayu, id orang Melayu
Italian: it malese
Khmer: km ជ្វា, km ម៉ាឡេ
Macedonian: mk малајски
Malay: ms orang Melayu, ms Melayu
Mon: mnw ပရှူး
Nepali: ne मलायी
Bokmål: nb malayisk, nb malaysisk
Nynorsk: nn malayisk, nn malaysisk
Persian: fa مالایی mâlâyi
Polish: pl malajski m
Portuguese: pt malaio m, pt malásio
Russian: ru мала́йский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Malaidheach
Semai: sea Gòp
Sicilian: scn malisi
Slovak: sk malajský
Slovene: sl malajski
Spanish: es malayo
Tagalog: tl Malayo
Thai: th มลายู
Ukrainian: uk мала́йський
in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language
Afrikaans: af Maleis
Asturian: ast malayu
Catalan: ca malai m, ca malaia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬來語 馬來語的 Mǎláiyǔ de
Danish: da malaysisk, da malajisk
Dutch: nl Maleis
Finnish: fi malaijinkielinen
French: fr malais, fr malay
Hawaiian: haw ʻōlelo Malaia
Hindi: hi मलय
Hungarian: hu maláj
Icelandic: is malajískur
Indonesian: id bahasa Melayu
Italian: it malese
Malay: ms bahasa Melayu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb malayisk, nb malaysisk
Nynorsk: nn malayisk, nn malaysisk
Persian: fa مالایی mâlâyi
Portuguese: pt malaio
Sicilian: scn malisi
Spanish: es malayo
Tagalog: tl Malayo
Albanian: sq Malajzian
Amharic: am ማላይኛ
Arabic: ar ماليزيَة f
Basque: eu malaysiera
Belarusian: malozijskaja be малозійская
Bulgarian: malajski bg малайски
Cherokee: Mele chr ᎺᎴ
Estonian: et Malai
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Maleisk
Georgian: malaiziuri ka მალაიზიური
Hebrew: malaya he מלאית
Korean: malei-eo ko 말레이어
Latvian: lv Malajiešu
Lithuanian: lt Malajiečių, lt Malajietiškai
Macedonian: maleziski mk Малезиски
Maltese: mt Malazjan, mt Malajan
Moksha: mdf малайень
Mongolian: malayz mn малайз
Occitan: oc malai
Persian: fa مالزیایی mâleziyâyi
Romanian: ro malaeză
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Малајски, sh малезијски
Latin: sh Malajski, sh malezijski
Slovene: sl Malajščina
Swahili: sw Kimalaysia, sw Kimalasia
Swedish: sv malajiska
Tamil: ta மலேசியன்
Tatar: tt малай
Thai: th ภาษามาเลย์ paasăa maalay
Turkish: tr Malezyaca
Ukrainian: uk малайський
Urdu: ur مالائ malāī
Walloon: wa Malay
Welsh: cy Malai
Noun
~
en countable A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
Type of mild curry made with yoghurt and fruit, usually pineapple or lychee.
en She ordered chicken Malay with rice.
Synonyms
language en Bahasa, en Bahasa Malaysia, en Bahasa Indonesia
Related terms
en Malaya
en Malayan
en Malaysia
Translations
Malay person
Afrikaans: af Maleier
Armenian: hy մալայացի
Asturian: ast malayu m, ast malaya f
Catalan: ca malai m, ca malaia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬來人 Mǎláirén
Czech: cs Malajec m
Danish: da malaysier, da malaj
Dutch: nl Maleier m
Esperanto: eo malajo man or woman, eo malajino woman
Finnish: fi malaiji
French: fr Malais m, fr Malaise f, fr Malay m, fr Malaye f
German: de Malaiie m, de Malaiin f
Greek: el Μαλαισιανός m, el Μαλαισιανή f
Hindi: hi मलय m f, hi मलेशियाई m f
Hungarian: hu maláj
Icelandic: is Malaji m
Indonesian: id Melayu, id orang Melayu
Kazakh: kk малай
Macedonian: mk Малаец m, mk Малајка f
Malay: ms orang Melayu
Maltese: mt Malajan m
Muna: mnb Malau
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb malay m
Nynorsk: nn malay m
Persian: fa مالایی mâlâyi
Polish: pl Malaj m, pl Malajka f
Portuguese: pt malaio m, pt malásio m
Russian: ru мала́ец m, ru мала́йка f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Malaidheach m
Slovak: sk Malajec m
Spanish: es malayo m
Tagalog: tl Malayo
Turkish: tr Malezyalı
type of curry
person
Albanian: sq Malajzian
Amharic: am ማላይኛ
Arabic: ar ماليزيَة f
Basque: eu malaysiera
Belarusian: be малозійская
Bulgarian: bg малайски
Cherokee: Mele chr ᎺᎴ
Danish: da malaysisk, da malajisk
Estonian: et Malai
French: fr malais
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Maleisk
Georgian: ka მალაიზიური
Hebrew: malaya he מלאית
Hindi: hi मलय
Korean: malei-eo ko 말레이어
Latvian: lv Malajiešu
Lithuanian: lt Malajiečių, lt Malajietiškai
Macedonian: mk Малезиски
Maltese: mt Malazjan, mt Malajan
Moksha: mdf малайень
Mongolian: mn малайз
Occitan: oc malai
Persian: fa مالزیایی mâleziyâyi
Romanian: ro malaeză
Serbo-Croatian: sh Malajski
Serbo-Croatian: sh малезијски, sh malezijski
Slovene: sl Malajščina
Swahili: sw Kimalaysia, sw Kimalasia
Swedish: sv malajiska
Tamil: ta மலேசியன்
Tatar: tt малай
Thai: th ภาษามาเลย์ paasăa maalay
Turkish: tr Malezyaca
Ukrainian: uk малайський
Urdu: ur مالائ malāī
Walloon: wa Malay
Welsh: cy Malai
Proper noun
en broad sense The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and by others where it is an official language, including under the name Indonesian.
en strict sense The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and by others where it is an official language, excluding the national standard known as Indonesian.
en John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 Malay is the lingua franca of several Southeast Asia countries and has been simplified by its use as a second language by non-native speakers.For example, the Malay plural is formed by repeating a word twice – buku means book and buku-buku means books. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness
en municipality p/Aklan c/Philippines. +, Aklan
meronyms VI Aklan Malay
VI Aklan
Derived terms
en Proto-Malay
Translations
the Malay language
Afrikaans: af Maleis
Arabic: ar لُغَة مِلَايُو f luḡat milāyū
Armenian: hy մալայերեն
Asturian: ast malayu
Basque: eu malaiera
Catalan: ca malai m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 馬來話 maa5 loi4 waa6-2, yue 馬拉話 maa5 laai1 waa6-2
Hakka: hak 馬來語 Mâ-lòi-ngî
Hokkien: nan-hbl 馬來語 Má-lâi-gí, Má-lâi-gú
Mandarin: cmn 馬來語 Mǎláiyǔ
Czech: cs malajština f
Dutch: nl Maleis n
Esperanto: eo Malaja
Finnish: fi malaiji
French: fr malais m, fr malay m
German: de Malaiisch n
Greek: el μαλαισιανά n-p
Hindi: hi मलय f
Hungarian: hu maláj
Icelandic: is malajíska f
Indonesian: id bahasa Melayu, id Melayu
Irish: ga Malaeis f
Italian: it malese m
Japanese: ja マレー語 marēgo
Kazakh: kk малай тілі
Korean: ko 말레이어, ko 마인어
Latin: la Malaicum, la Malaeorum
Macedonian: mk малајски m
Malay: ms bahasa Melayu
Manx: gv Malayish f
Navajo: nv Maléízha bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb malayisk m
Nynorsk: nn malayisk m
Persian: fa زبان مالایی zabân-e mâlâyi
Polish: pl malajski
Portuguese: pt malaio m
Russian: ru мала́йский язы́к m, ru мала́йский m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Malaidhis f
Spanish: es malayo m
Swedish: sv malajiska
Tagalog: tl Malayo
Thai: th ภาษามาเลย์ paasăa maalây, th ภาษามลายู
Turkish: tr Malayca
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Mã-lai, vi tiếng Mã lai
language
Albanian: sq Malajzian
Amharic: am ማላይኛ
Arabic: ar ماليزيَة f
Belarusian: malozijskaja be малозійская
Bulgarian: malajski bg малайски
Cherokee: Mele chr ᎺᎴ
Danish: da malaysisk, da malajisk
Estonian: et Malai
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Maleisk
Georgian: ka მალაიზიური
German: de Malaiisch
Hebrew: malaya he מלאית
Hindi: hi मलय
Korean: malei-eo ko 말레이어
Latvian: lv Malajiešu
Lithuanian: lt Malajiečių, lt Malajietiškai
Macedonian: maleziski mk Малезиски
Maltese: mt Malazjan, mt Malajan
Moksha: mdf малайень
Mongolian: malayz mn малайз
Occitan: oc malai
Persian: fa مالزیایی mâleziyâyi
Romanian: ro malaeză
Serbo-Croatian: sh Malajski
Serbo-Croatian: sh малезијски, sh malezijski
Slovene: sl Malajščina
Spanish: es malayo
Swahili: sw Kimalaysia, sw Kimalasia
Tamil: ta மலேசியன்
Tatar: malay tt малай
Thai: th ภาษามาเลย์ paasăa maalay
Turkish: tr Malezyaca
Ukrainian: uk малайський
Urdu: ur مالائ malāī
Walloon: wa Malay
Welsh: cy Malai
See also
en Malayalam
ms
Further reading
1 ms msa
msa, a macrolanguage including:
btj Bacanese Malay
bve Berau Malay
bvu Bukit Malay
coa Cocos Islands Malay
hji Haji
jax Jambi Malay
meo Kedah Malay
mqg Kota Bangun Kutai Malay
zlm Malay (individual language)
xmm Manado Malay
max North Moluccan Malay
mfa Pattani Malay
msi Sabah Malay
zsm Standard Malay
vkt Tenggarong Malay
Related Languages:
abs Ambonese Malay
mbf Baba Malay
mhp Balinese Malay
bpq Banda Malay
mkn Kupang Malay
mfp Makassar Malay
Anagrams
en aalmy Lamay Yamal
en Demonyms Ethnonyms Malaysia
French
Pronunciation
Malail Malè
Noun
m Malaye
fr Malais
fr 1803 Géographie mathématique, physique et politique 11 Paris https://books.google.com/books?id=diqN4CNMtK8C&pg=PA511 512 Les Malays sont des hommes trè-différens des Hindous, des Birmans et des Siamois, leurs voisins.
fr 1866 Aristide Marre Petit Vocabulaire des mots malays que l’usage a introduits dans les langues d’Europe Rome https://books.google.com/books?id=hodFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3 3 On sait que les Malays font avec l’opium une espèce de marmelade qu’ils mettent au dessus de leur pipe, quand elle est pleine ; quelques bouffées suffisent pour les enivrer.
fr 1887 Gratien-Michel Ollivier-Beauregard Aux Philippines Bulletins de la Société d’anthropologie de Paris https://books.google.com/books?id=lG4fAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA511 511 L’analyse de quelques mots du vocabulaire philippin me permet, en effet, d’affirmer que l’ensemble pré-espagnol des populations de l’archipel philippin a pour origine des migrations de Malays et de Chinois du continent, qui se sont superposés aux négritos aborigènes ; / Que ces populations sont assurément, dans des proportions plus malayes que chinoises et négrito et plus chinoises que négrito, des populațions métisses malayes, chinoises et négrito ; / Qu’elles ne sont, dans ces conditions, l’expression fidèle et primitive ni du type malay pur, ni du type chinois pur, ni du type négrito pur ;
Related terms
fr malay malayiser malayisation malayiser malayité
Indonesian
Etymology
id Malaysia. id Melayu.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id proper noun
id colloquial id Malaysia
Usage notes
Malaysians themselves never use this word to shorten the name of their country, as it is commonly known there as the English ethnonym (i.e. an exonym) for Malays (ethnic group) all Malay peoples in general including Malay Indonesians; Indonesians using "Malay" when they only refer to just Malaysia is seen as denialism denying the existence of their fellow Malay citizens, it also erases Malaysia's racially plural society in itself including Chinese, Indians, Orang Asli and indigenous Borneans. Malaysians shorten their country's name in writing as M'sia instead pronounced /mesia/, ms Mesia is also an alternative.
Tagalog
Etymology
tl en Malay, from tl ms Melayu. tl Malayo.
Pronunciation
Maláy
Proper noun
Maláy +
en Malay language
tl Malayo
tl municipality p/Aklan c/Philippines ; location of Boracay island
Noun
Maláy +
en Malay person
tl Malayo Malaya
Adjective
Maláy +
en Malay pertaining to Malays (ethnic group) Malays
tl Malayo
Derived terms
tl Malaybalay
Related terms
tl Malaya Malaysia Malayo
Further reading
Anagrams
tl aalmy lamay
tl Languages Demonyms