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Malay

  (mə-lā', mā'lā') pronunciation
n.
  1. A member of a people inhabiting Malaysia, the northern Malay Peninsula, and parts of the western Malay Archipelago.
  2. The Austronesian language of the Malays. Also called Bahasa Malay.
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Malays or their language.
  2. Of or relating to Malaysia, the Malay Peninsula, or the Malay Archipelago.

[Obsolete Dutch Malayo, from Malay Melayu.]

Malayan Ma·lay'an (mə-lā'ən) adj. & n.
 
 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Malay

Any member of an ethnic group that probably originated in Borneo and expanded into Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. They constitute more than half the population of Peninsular Malaysia. They are mainly a rural people, growing rice for food and rubber as a cash crop. Heavily influenced by India, they were Hinduized before converting to Islam in the 15th century. Their culture has also been influenced by the cultures of the Thai, Javanese, and Sumatrans. Malay society has traditionally been somewhat feudal; class distinctions are still marked, and marriages have traditionally been arranged by parents and governed by Islamic law.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Malayan
(məlā'ən) or Malay (mā'lā) , general term for one of a population of persons inhabiting SE Asia and the adjacent islands. The Malays vary greatly in physical appearance. The term Indonesian, used as an alternative for Malayan, is sometimes applied to the people of interior districts, who are thought to be related to the Pygmies or Negritos (probably the earlier inhabitants of the region). In the coastal districts there has been intermixture with the Arabs, the Chinese, the Indians, and the Thais. Scores of languages or dialects are spoken; they form a group of the Malayo-Polynesian languages. Among anthropologists the term Malayan is used exclusively to describe an inhabitant of the Malayan Peninsula.

 
WordNet: Malay
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
  Synonym: Malayan

Meaning #2: a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

The adjective Malay has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago
  Synonym: Malayan
  Pertains to noun: Malay (meaning #1)

 
Translations: Translations for: Malay

Dansk (Danish)
n. - malaj (person)
adj. - malajisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Maleier, Maleis, Maleisisch

Français (French)
n. - Malais
adj. - malais

Deutsch (German)
n. - Malaie, Malaiisch
adj. - malaiisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Μαλαίσιος, μαλαισιανή (γλώσσα)
adj. - μαλαισιανός, Μαλαίσιος

Italiano (Italian)
malese

Português (Portuguese)
n. - malaio (m)
adj. - malaio

Русский (Russian)
малаец, малайка, малайский язык, малайский

Español (Spanish)
n. - malayo
adj. - malayo, de Malaya

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - malaj, malajiska (kvinna), malajiska (språket)
adj. - malajisk

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
马来人, 马来语, 马来人的, 马来语的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 馬來人, 馬來語
adj. - 馬來人的, 馬來語的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 말레이인 , 말레이인어
adj. - 말레이인의 , 말레이인어의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - マレー人, マレー語, マライ人, マライ語
adj. - マレー人の, マレー半島の, マライ人の, マライ語の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) من الملايو (ماليزيا حاليا) (صفه) ما يخص الملايو (ماليزيا حاليا)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מאלאי/ת, בן עם השוכן במאלזיה ובאינדונזיה‬
adj. - ‮של המאלאים או שפתם, מאלאית (שפה)‬

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