mahligai

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• maligai
• mahaligai

Etymology

From Malay maligai (“palace”), from Tamil மாளிகை (māḷikai, “palace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mahˈli.ɡai̯]
• Hyphenation: mah‧li‧gai

Noun

mahligai (plural mahligai-mahligai)

1. a chamber or cabinet, a room in a palace
2. (archaic, literary) a palace

   Synonym: istana

Further reading

• “mahligai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016