adj
Meaning 1
of, or relating to the former Malaya; Malay
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Malayan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/məˈleɪən/
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rhymes with -eɪən
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CMU ARPABET: M AH0 L EY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname from Armenian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person of whatever ethnicity from the former Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Either of two lycaenid butterflies of the genus Megisba of Asia and Australasia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 5
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Malay peoples
- Malayan syllable structure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Malay
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers
- Malayan crocodiles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Malaysian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Malay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Malaya Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Malayan From Malaya + -an.
Borrowed from Armenian Մալայան (Malayan).
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