adj
salah
SAH-lah
adj
1
Wrong or incorrect (used in Malay-influenced English).
"He admitted the answer was salah."
How to Use Salah
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWrong or mistaken — a term borrowed from Malay.
When to use it
Rare in standard English; mostly appears in Malay/Indonesian-influenced speech.
Word Forms
Salahs plural
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