malay(a = adj.pert) malayan - 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"
malay, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a a member of a people predominating in Malaysia and Indonesia. b a person of Malay descent.
2 the language of this people, the official language of Malaysia.
--adj. of or relating to this people or language.
Derivative
Malayan n. & adj.
Etymology
Malay malayu
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