Malay

[ mey-ley, muh-ley ]
/ ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ /

adjective

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

noun

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Malay

non-Ma·lay, adjective, noun pre-Ma·lay, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for malay

Malay
/ (məˈleɪ) /

noun

a member of a people living chiefly in Malaysia and Indonesia who are descendants of Mongoloid immigrants
the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

adjective

of or relating to the Malays or their language