Malagasy

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• /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/
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• /ˌmæləˈɡeɪzi/
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• General-American: /ˌmɑləˈɡɑsi/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE2 L AH0 G AE1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”).

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Malgassies — pertaining to Madagascar
• Afrikaans: Madagaskars — pertaining to Madagascar
• Asturian: malgaxe — pertaining to Madagascar
• Bengali: মালাগাসি (malagaśi) — pertaining to Madagascar
• Catalan: malgaix — pertaining to Madagascar
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬拉加斯的 /马拉加斯的 — pertaining to Madagascar
• Chinese Mandarin: 马拉加斯的 (Mǎlājiāsī de) — pertaining to Madagascar
• Czech: malgašský — pertaining to Madagascar
• Finnish: madagaskarilainen — pertaining to Madagascar
• French: malgache — pertaining to Madagascar
• German: madagassisch — pertaining to Madagascar
• Gujarati: માલાગાસી (mālāgāsī) — pertaining to Madagascar
• Hindi: मालागासी (mālāgāsī) — pertaining to Madagascar
• Hungarian: madagaszkári — pertaining to Madagascar
• Hungarian: malgas — pertaining to Madagascar
• Malagasy: gasy — pertaining to Madagascar
• Norwegian Bokmål: gassisk — pertaining to Madagascar
• Norwegian Bokmål: madagassisk — pertaining to Madagascar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gassisk — pertaining to Madagascar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: madagassisk — pertaining to Madagascar
• Polish: madagaskarski — pertaining to Madagascar
• Polish: malgaski — pertaining to Madagascar
• Portuguese: malgaxe — pertaining to Madagascar
• Portuguese: madagascarense — pertaining to Madagascar
• Russian: малагаси́йский (malagasíjskij) — pertaining to Madagascar
• Slovak: madagaskarský — pertaining to Madagascar
• Spanish: malgache — pertaining to Madagascar
• Swedish: madagaskisk — pertaining to Madagascar
• Swedish: madagassisk — pertaining to Madagascar
• Swedish: malagassisk — pertaining to Madagascar
• Turkish: malgaş — pertaining to Madagascar
• Turkish: madagaskarlı — pertaining to Madagascar
• Ukrainian: мадагаска́рський (madahaskársʹkyj) — pertaining to Madagascar
• Ukrainian: малагасійський (malahasijsʹkyj) — pertaining to Madagascar
• Afrikaans: Malgassies — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Afrikaans: Malagassi — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Armenian: մալգաշերեն (malgašeren) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Asturian: malgaxe — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Catalan: malgaix — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬拉加斯語 /马拉加斯语 (Mǎlājiāsī yǔ) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬達加斯加語 /马达加斯加语 (Mǎdájiāsījiāyǔ) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Czech: malgaština — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Danish: malagassisk — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Dutch: Malgasy — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Finnish: malagassi — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• French: malgache — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Galician: malgaxe — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• German: Madagassisch — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Greek: μαλαγασικά (malagasiká) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Hungarian: malgas — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Icelandic: malagasíska — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Indonesian: bahasa Madagaskar — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Italian: malgascio — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Japanese: マダガスカル語 (Madagasukaru-go) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Japanese: マラガシ語 (Maragashi-go) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Korean: 말라가시어 (mallagasieo) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Korean: 마다가스카르어 (madagaseukareueo) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Malagasy: fiteny malagasy — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Malagasy: malagasy — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Navajo: Malagasii Dineʼé bizaad — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Norwegian Bokmål: gassisk — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Norwegian Bokmål: madagassisk — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gassisk — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: madagassisk — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Polish: malgaski — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Portuguese: malgaxe — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Russian: малагаси́йский (malagasíjskij) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Russian: мальга́шский (malʹgášskij) — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Spanish: malgache — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Swahili: Kibukini — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Swedish: malagassiska — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Turkish: Malgaşça — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Turkish: Madagaskarca — the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
• Afrikaans: Malgas — person
• Asturian: malgaxe — person
• Catalan: malgaix — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬拉加斯人 /马拉加斯人 (Mǎlājiāsī rén) — person
• Czech: Malgaš — person
• Esperanto: madagaskarano — person
• Esperanto: madagaskaranino — person
• Finnish: malagassi — person
• French: Malgache — person
• German: Madagasse — person
• German: Madagassin — person
• Hungarian: malgas — person
• Hungarian: madagaszkári — person
• Italian: malgascio — person
• Kazakh: малагасий (malagasii) — person
• Malagasy: malagasy — person
• Malagasy: gasy — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: gasser — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: madagasser — person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gassar — person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: madagassar — person
• Polish: Madagaskarczyk — person
• Polish: Madagaskarka — person
• Portuguese: malgaxe — person
• Portuguese: madagascarense — person
• Russian: малагаси́ец (malagasíjec) — person
• Russian: малагаси́йка (malagasíjka) — person
• Spanish: malgache — person
• Swahili: Mbukini — person
• Swedish: madagask — person
• Swedish: madagaskiska — person
• Turkish: Madagaskarlı — person
• Turkish: Malgaş — person