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/ ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands.
of or relating to the language or culture of these people.

noun

an Austronesian language of Malaysia and Singapore, differing from Indonesian only in orthography.

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  • As we'd once left Singapore, now Laila and I had recently been considering moving from the Malay Peninsula altogether.

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  • We might have created a force large enough to clear the Malay Peninsula, then Southeast Asia, and from there, who knows?

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  • Malay Kris likewise ate his bravely and became small accordingly.

  • The hut was occupied by a Malay and his wife, from whom our informant gathered the following extraordinary account.

  • The Malay bent his head from above downwards, and disentangling his right hand from his shawl, he pointed imperiously to the door.

  • Qualla Battoo is the name of a small Malay town, which stood on the northwestern coast of Sumatra.

  • Isolated and remote, but over one way was the coast of Indo-China, and over the other way was the coast of Malay.

British Dictionary definitions formalay

noun

a member of a people living chiefly in Malaysia and Indonesia who are descendants of Mongoloid immigrants
the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

Chinese English Dictionary Online

adjective

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History formalay
n.Malay

1590s, from native name Malayu. As an adjective from 1779; earlier adjective form was Malayan (1660s).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

noun

  • 1A member of a people inhabiting Malaysia and Indonesia.

    • ‘Malaysia's population is an ethnic mosaic of Malays, Chinese and Indians.’
    • ‘To investigate the Papuan sample, we therefore constructed a phylogenetic network of the Papuans including the Malay.’
    • ‘Original settlers included Thais, Malays, Indians and Chinese - and their influences are very apparent in the food.’
    • ‘Many Malays and Indonesians have been economically successful and feel secure in their faith and position in the community.’
    • ‘Chinese, Thais, Malays and Indonesians, for example, love the display of multiple forms, shapes, and colours.’
    1. 1.1A person of Malay descent.
  • 2mass nounThe Austronesian language of the Malays, closely related to Indonesian and spoken by about 20 million people.

    • ‘Most Malaysian children learn in the national language - Malay - and take English as a compulsory subject.’
    • ‘Most were in Arabic, but some were in French, Farsi, English or Malay, written in an elliptical and evolving system of code words.’
    • ‘The population of Indonesia is 228,000,000 and their languages are Malay, English and Dutch.’
    • ‘Thai is the official language of the country, with English the most widely spoken second language; Chinese and Malay are also spoken.’
    • ‘They have strong ties to Malaysia, speak a dialect of Malay and identify themselves as Pattanis rather than Thais.’

adjective

  • Zawgyi myanmar font keyboard. Relating to the Malays or their language.

    • ‘He developed an exquisite style and precise vocabulary that are unique to his Malay writings and language.’
    • ‘The year 1931 was a benchmark in the church's history as the first mass in the Malay language was held.’
    • ‘During the general elections, at least half of Malay voters, the country's politically strongest ethnic group, supported the opposition.’
    • ‘But many Malay parents, regardless of income and class, are opting to give their children a religious education these days.’
    • ‘A group of elderly Malay women chattered animatedly behind me.’

Origin

Pronunciation

Malay

/məˈleɪ/