马来语 — meaning in English

English meaning

• Malay adj Relating to the Malay people, an ethnic group native to the Malay Peninsula and parts of nearby islands.
• Malaysian adj Relating to the country of Malaysia.

Senses

马来语 is used for these senses in English:

• Malay 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.
• Malay (countable) A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
• Malay (broad sense) 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.
• Malaysian Pertaining to the country of Malaysia.

Malay — full definition

1. adj Relating to the Malay people, an ethnic group native to the Malay Peninsula and parts of nearby islands.
2. noun A member of the Malay ethnic group, or the Malay language itself.

Malaysian — full definition

1. adj Relating to the country of Malaysia.
2. noun A citizen or native of Malaysia.

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