🔄 Synonyms of "Malay"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| malayannoun | of, or relating to the former Malaya; Malay |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Malay"
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| Word | Definition |
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| malaysiannoun | A native of Malaysia. |
| malaysianoun | A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur. |
| malayanoun | (historical) A former colony and later a former independent country in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1948 to 1963; independent from 1957 and merged in 1963 with the territories of East Malaysia, forming modern Malaysia; in full, Federation of Malaya. |
| malaisenoun | A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness. |
| discomfortnoun | Mental or bodily distress. |
| austronesiannoun | Pertaining to the Austronesian language family. |
| melayunoun | The Malay ethnic group. |
| malayic | Of or relating to a group of Austronesian languages including Malay, Minangkabau, Iban, and others. |
| malayo-polynesiannoun | A subgroup of languages of the Austronesian language family, mostly dispersed around the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean. |
| bahasanoun | (nonstandard, proscribed, chiefly Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia) the Malay-Indonesian language |
| bumiputera | Bumiputera or bumiputra (Jawi: , Native) is a term used in Malaysia to describe Malays, the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia, and various indigenous peoples of East Malaysia. |
| riaunoun | A province of Indonesia. |
| jawinoun | The Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages. |
| ruminoun | The Latin alphabet or writing system used for Malay and Indonesian. |
| babanoun | (countable, especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father. |
| aslian | Of or relating to a group of languages spoken by many of the aboriginal inhabitants of Malaya and peninsular Thailand. |
| malayophonenoun | A person who speaks Malay |
| kelabitic | Of or relating to the Kelabit people or language. |
| sabahannoun | A native of Sabah. |
| chamic | Of or relating to a subgroup of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in Aceh (Sumatra, Indonesia) and in parts of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Hainan, China. |
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