Definitions for Malay

Malay Ma·lay

Spelling: [mey-ley, muh-ley]
IPA: /ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ/

Malay is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in Malay (aalmy).

Definitions for Malay

noun

  1. a member of the Malay people.
  2. an Austronesian language of Malaysia and Singapore, differing from Indonesian only in orthography.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands.
  2. of or relating to the language or culture of these people.

Examples for Malay

What a neat hand he was, too, with that spiral-bladed Malay creese of his!

Kuching means ‘Cat City’ in Malay; nobody will look sideways at those who hug street strays or shriek ‘pusspusspuss!’

He looked like a cross between a Spaniard and a Malay, and I guess that's what he was.

Without demur, then, she turned and accompanied the rascally Malay toward the harbor.

We might have created a force large enough to clear the Malay Peninsula, then Southeast Asia, and from there, who knows?

Directly behind the Malay lay the heavy chest of Professor Maxon.

He ran her alone, with only the Malay serang for a deck officer.

Do you know, sir, that a dam' Malay like a monkey is in charge of your ship—and no one else.

As we'd once left Singapore, now Laila and I had recently been considering moving from the Malay Peninsula altogether.

"I tell you, Bududreen, that it will be quite safe," the tall Malay was saying.

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