malayan

Noun malayan has 1 sense

• malayan(n = noun.person) malay - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago;
is a member of east india, east indies, malay archipelago, malaya, malaysia, malay peninsula
is a kind of asian, asiatic
Derived form adjective malayan₂

Adjective malayan has 2 senses

• malayan(a = adj.pert) malaysian - of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles"
Derived form noun malaysia₁

• malayan(a = adj.pert) malay - 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"
Derived forms noun malayan₁, noun malaysia₁