Malay

Etymology
Recorded in English since 1598; from, from , a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as and during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties as , ,  and. 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 has not been demonstrated.

Adjective

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  Of or related to Malaysia, its people and/or culture.
 * In, of or otherwise relating to the languages spoken by Malays.
 * In, of or otherwise relating to the languages spoken by Malays.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: мала́йскі
 * Bulgarian: мала́йски
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: malaiisch
 * Greek: της Μαλαισίας genitive of Malaya
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: malajískur
 * Indonesian:, orang Melayu
 * Khmer:, ម៉ាឡេ
 * Macedonian: малајски
 * Malay: orang Melayu,
 * Mon: ပရှူး
 * Nepali: मलायी
 * Bokmål:, malaysisk
 * Nynorsk: malayisk,
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: مالایی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, malásio
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Malaidheach
 * Semai: Gòp
 * Slovak: malajský
 * Slovene: malajski
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: Malayo
 * Thai: มลายู
 * Ukrainian: мала́йський


 * Afrikaans:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: malaiisch
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: malasískur
 * Macedonian: малајски
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, malaysisk
 * Nynorsk: malayisk,
 * Persian: مالزیایی
 * Portuguese:, malásio
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Malaidheach
 * Slovak: malajský
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: Malayo


 * Afrikaans:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: malaijinkielinen
 * French:
 * Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Malaia
 * Icelandic: malajískur
 * Indonesian:
 * Malay: bahasa Melayu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, malaysisk
 * Nynorsk: malayisk,
 * Persian: مالایی
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: Malayo


 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee:
 * Estonian:
 * Georgian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: ,
 * Moksha:
 * Mongolian:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:

Noun

 * 1)  A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
 * 2) Type of mild curry made with yoghurt and fruit, usually pineapple or lychee.
 * She ordered chicken Malay with rice.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: մալայացի
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: Malajec
 * Danish: malaysier, malaj
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malajo, malajino
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Malaiie,
 * Greek: Μαλαισιανός, * Greek: Μαλαισιανή
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Malaji
 * Indonesian:, orang Melayu
 * Kazakh: малай
 * Macedonian: Малаец, Малајка
 * Malay: orang Melayu
 * Maltese: Malajan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: malay
 * Nynorsk: malay
 * Persian: مالایی
 * Polish: Malaj,
 * Portuguese:, malásio
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Malaidheach
 * Slovak: Malajec
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: Malayo
 * Turkish:


 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee:
 * Danish: ,
 * Estonian:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: ,
 * Moksha:
 * Mongolian:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: لُغَة مِلَايُو
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 馬來話, 馬拉話
 * Hakka: 馬來語
 * Hokkien: 馬來語
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Malaja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: μαλαισιανά
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: Malaeis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: малай тілі
 * Korean:, 마인어
 * Latin: Malaicum, Malaeorum
 * Macedonian: малајски
 * Malay: bahasa Melayu
 * Manx: Malayish
 * Navajo: Maléízha bizaad
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: malayisk
 * Persian: زبان مالایی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Malaidhis
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Malayo
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:, tiếng Mã lai


 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee:
 * Danish: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: ,
 * Moksha:
 * Mongolian:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:

Etymology
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Etymology
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