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malajiska — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Malay adj Relating to the Malay people, an ethnic group native to the Malay Peninsula and parts of nearby islands.
  • Malayalam noun A language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Kerala.

Senses

malajiska 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 (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.
  • Malayalam A Dravidian language spoken in the states of Kerala and Lakshadweep, India.

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.

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