Noun
- 1. Malay, Malayan, Asian, Asiatic
- usage: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
- 2. Malay, Western Malayo-Polynesian
- usage: a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Adjective
- 1. Malay, Malayan
- usage: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure"
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