Dictionary Definition
Malay adj : 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" [syn: Malayan]
Noun
1 a member of a people inhabiting the northern
Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay
Archipelago [syn: Malayan]
2 a western subfamily of Western
Malayo-Polynesian languages
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From melayu, of uncertain origin.Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -eɪ
Adjective
- Of or related to the Malays, a people living in parts of Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia.
- In the context of "usage generally frowned upon by Malays and Malaysians": Of or related to Malaysia, its people, or its culture.
Translations
of the Malay people
of or pertaining to Malaysia
- See translations at Malaysian
- Afrikaans: Maleis
- Albanian: Malajzian
- Amharic: ማላይኛ
- Arabic:
- Armenian: մալայական (malayakan), մալեզիերեն (malezieren)
- Basque: malaysiera
- Belarusian: малозiйская (malozijskaja)
- Bulgarian: малайски (malajski)
- Catalan: malai
- Cherokee: ᎺᎴ (Mele)
- Chinese: 马来语 (Mǎlài yǔ)
- Croatian: Malajski
- Czech: Malajský
- Danish: malaysisk, malajisk
- Dutch: Maleis, Maleier
- Estonian: Malai
- Finnish: malaiji
- French: malais
- West Frisian: Maleisk
- Georgian: მალაიზიური (malaiziuri)
- German: Malaiisch
- Greek: Μαλαϊκά (Malaïká) f|p
- Hebrew: מלאית (malaya)
- Hindi: मलय
- Hungarian: maláj
- Icelandic: Malajíska
- Irish: Malaeis
- Korean: 말레이어 (malei-eo)
- Latvian: Malajiešu
- Lithuanian: Malajiečių, Malajietiškai
- Macedonian: Малезиски (maleziski)
- Maltese: Malazjan, Malajan
- Moksha: малайень (malajen’)
- Mongolian: малайз (malayz)
- Nepali: मलाया
- Norwegian: malayisk
- Occitan: malai
- Persian: (maleziyayi)
- Polish: malajski
- Portuguese: malaio
- Romanian: malaeză
- Russian: малайский (malájskij)
- Serbian: малезијски (malezijski)
- Slovak: Malajský
- Slovene: Malajščina
- Spanish: malayo
- Swahili: Kimalaysia, Kimalasia
- Swedish: malajiska
- Tagalog: Malayo
- Tamil: மலேசியன்
- Tatar: малай (malay)
- Thai: (paasăa maalay)
- Turkish: Malezyaca
- Ukrainian: малайський (malajs’kyj)
- Urdu: (malâ’i)
- Walloon: Malay
- Welsh: Malai
Noun
- 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.
- She ordered chicken Malay with rice.
Translations
Malay person
- Finnish: malaiji
type of curry
- Afrikaans: Maleis
- Albanian: Malajzian
- Amharic: ማላይኛ
- Arabic:
- Armenian: մալայական (malayakan), մալեզիերեն (malezieren)
- Basque: malaysiera
- Belarusian: малозiйская (malozijskaja)
- Bulgarian: малайски (malajski)
- Catalan: malai
- Cherokee: ᎺᎴ (Mele)
- Chinese: 马来语 (Mǎlài yǔ)
- Croatian: Malajski
- Czech: Malajský
- Danish: malaysisk, malajisk
- Dutch: Maleis, Maleier
- Estonian: Malai
- French: malais
- West Frisian: Maleisk
- Georgian: მალაიზიური (malaiziuri)
- German: Malaiisch
- Greek: Μαλαϊκά (Malaïká) f|p
- Hebrew: מלאית (malaya)
- Hindi: मलय
- Hungarian: maláj
- Icelandic: Malajíska
- Irish: Malaeis
- Korean: 말레이어 (malei-eo)
- Latvian: Malajiešu
- Lithuanian: Malajiečių, Malajietiškai
- Macedonian: Малезиски (maleziski)
- Maltese: Malazjan, Malajan
- Moksha: малайень (malajen’)
- Mongolian: малайз (malayz)
- Nepali: मलाया
- Norwegian: malayisk
- Occitan: malai
- Persian: (maleziyayi)
- Polish: malajski
- Portuguese: malaio
- Romanian: malaeză
- Russian: малайский (malájskij)
- Serbian: малезијски (malezijski)
- Slovak: Malajský
- Slovene: Malajščina
- Spanish: malayo
- Swahili: Kimalaysia, Kimalasia
- Swedish: malajiska
- Tagalog: Malayo
- Tamil: மலேசியன்
- Tatar: малай (malay)
- Thai: (paasăa maalay)
- Turkish: Malezyaca
- Ukrainian: малайський (malajs’kyj)
- Urdu: (malâ’i)
- Walloon: Malay
- Welsh: Malai
Proper noun
- The Malay language, an Austronesian language.
Translations
the Malay language
- Basque: malaiera
- Esperanto: Malaja
- Finnish: malaiji
- French: malais
- Indonesian: bahasa Melayu
- Japanese: マレー語
- Malay: bahasa Melayu
- Norwegian: malayisk
- Polish: malajski
- Swedish: malajiska
- Vietnamese: tiếng Mã-lai, tiếng Mã lai
- Afrikaans: Maleis
- Albanian: Malajzian
- Amharic: ማላይኛ
- Arabic:
- Armenian: մալայական (malayakan), մալեզիերեն (malezieren)
- Belarusian: малозiйская (malozijskaja)
- Bulgarian: малайски (malajski)
- Catalan: malai
- Cherokee: ᎺᎴ (Mele)
- Chinese: 马来语 (Mǎlài yǔ)
- Croatian: Malajski
- Czech: Malajský
- Danish: malaysisk, malajisk
- Dutch: Maleis, Maleier
- Estonian: Malai
- West Frisian: Maleisk
- Georgian: მალაიზიური (malaiziuri)
- German: Malaiisch
- Greek: Μαλαϊκά (Malaïká) f|p
- Hebrew: מלאית (malaya)
- Hindi: मलय
- Hungarian: maláj
- Icelandic: Malajíska
- Irish: Malaeis
- Korean: 말레이어 (malei-eo)
- Latvian: Malajiešu
- Lithuanian: Malajiečių, Malajietiškai
- Macedonian: Малезиски (maleziski)
- Maltese: Malazjan, Malajan
- Moksha: малайень (malajen’)
- Mongolian: малайз (malayz)
- Nepali: मलाया
- Occitan: malai
- Persian: (maleziyayi)
- Portuguese: malaio
- Romanian: malaeză
- Russian: малайский (malájskij)
- Serbian: малезијски (malezijski)
- Slovak: Malajský
- Slovene: Malajščina
- Spanish: malayo
- Swahili: Kimalaysia, Kimalasia
- Tagalog: Malayo
- Tamil: மலேசியன்
- Tatar: малай (malay)
- Thai: (paasăa maalay)
- Turkish: Malezyaca
- Ukrainian: малайський (malajs’kyj)
- Urdu: (malâ’i)
- Walloon: Malay
- Welsh: Malai
See also
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Extensive Definition
Malay may refer to:
Language
- Malay language, the language of Malaysia and Brunei, lingua franca of Samudera-Pasai (Malay Archipelago)
- Old Malay language(s), possible ancestor(s) of Bahasa Melayu, and the Indonesian language
- Sri Lankan Creole Malay language, a language spoken by the Malay ethnic minority in Sri Lanka
People
- Malays (ethnic group), the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo
- Malay race, a racial category encompassing peoples of South East Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands
- Malaysian Malays, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens
- Malays in Singapore
- Malay Indonesian, ethnic Malays in Indonesia
- Thai Malays, ethnic Malays in Thailand
- Cape Malays, an ethnic group or community in South Africa
- Cocos Malays, the predominant group ethnic group of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia
- Malay Australian, ethnic Malays living in Australia, or have applied for Australian citizenship.
- Overseas Malays, people of Malay ancestry living outside Malaysia and neighbouring ethnic Malay home areas
Geography
- Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar and Thailand
- Malay Archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia
- Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines
- Several communes in France:
- Malay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
- Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
- Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département
Politics/history
- Malay states, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers.
- Melayu Kingdom or Malayu kingdom, once prospered in Indonesia as part of Srivijaya.
Other
- Jessi Malay, an American singer
- Malay Chicken, a breed of chicken
- Malayan Tiger, a species of tiger that live in the jungles of Malay peninsula, Borneo and Thailand
See also
Malay in German: Malay
Malay in Spanish: Malay (desambiguación)
Malay in Dutch: Malay
Malay in Japanese: マレー
Malay in Portuguese: Malaio
Malay in Finnish: Malaiji
Malay in Swedish: Malay
Malay in Tagalog: Malay (paglilinaw)
Malay in Vietnamese: Mã
Lai