Malay
English
Etymology
Recorded in English since 1598; from Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties as 木剌由 (Bok-la-yu or Mok-la-yu), 麻里予兒 (Ma-li-yu-er), 巫来由 (Wu-lai-yu) and 無来由 (Wu-lai-yu). The oldest known inscriptions in the Malay language were found at Kedukan Bukit and Talang Tuo, both in the vicinity of Palembang in southern Sumatra, and at Kota Kapur on Bangka island west of Sumatra. They are respectively dated 673, 684 and 686. Exonymous derivation from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”) has not been demonstrated.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪ
Adjective
Malay (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.
- (usage generally frowned upon by Malays and Malaysians) Of or related to Malaysia, its people and/or culture.
- In, of or otherwise relating to Malay, a generic name for the languages spoken by Malays.
Derived terms
Translations
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- Catalan: malaisi (ca) m, malàisia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Czech: malajský (cs)
- Danish: malaysisk (da), malajisk (da)
- Dutch: Maleisisch (nl)
- Finnish: malesialainen (fi)
- French: malais (fr)
- German: malaiisch
- Hungarian: maláj (hu)
- Icelandic: malasískur
- Macedonian: малајски (malajski)
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- Malay: Malaysia (ms)
- Norwegian:
- Persian: مالزیایی (Mâleziyâyi)
- Portuguese: malaio (pt), malásio
- Russian: мала́йский (ru) (malájskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: Malaidheach
- Slovak: malajský
- Spanish: malayo (es)
- Tagalog: Malayo
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Noun
Malay (countable and uncountable, plural Malays)
- (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.
- She ordered chicken Malay with rice.
- (uncountable) The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and in states they dominate.
Synonyms
- (language) Bahasa Malaysia
Related terms
Translations
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See also
- Malayalam
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Malay terms
- Appendix:Malay Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Malay
Further reading
- “Malay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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- Ethnologue entry for Bacanese Malay, btj
- Ethnologue entry for Berau Malay, bve
- Ethnologue entry for Bukit Malay, bvu
- Ethnologue entry for Cocos Islands Malay, coa
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3code=hji
- Ethnologue entry for Jambi Malay, jax
- Ethnologue entry for Kedah Malay, meo
- Ethnologue entry for Kota Bangun Kutai Malay, mqg
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3code=zlm
- Ethnologue entry for Manado Malay, xmm
- Ethnologue entry for North Moluccan Malay, max
- Ethnologue entry for Pattani Malay, mfa
- Ethnologue entry for Sabah Malay, msi
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3code=zsm
Related Languages:
- Ethnologue entry for Ambonese Malay, abs
- Ethnologue entry for Baba Malay, mbf
- Ethnologue entry for Balinese Malay, mhp
- Ethnologue entry for Banda Malay, bpq
- Ethnologue entry for Kupang Malay, mkn
- Ethnologue entry for Makassar Malay, mfp
Anagrams
Tagalog
Proper noun
Malay
- A municipality of Aklan, Philippines; location of Boracay island.
- English terms derived from Malay
- English terms derived from Malayalam
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪ
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Hakka terms with non-redundant manual script codes
- Min Nan terms with non-redundant manual script codes
- Pages using bad params when calling Template:ISO 639
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- tl:Municipalities of Aklan, Philippines
- tl:Municipalities of the Philippines
- tl:Places in Aklan, Philippines
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