'Malay' definitions:
Definition of 'Malay'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
noun
A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]
noun
A western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Definition of 'Malay'
From: GCIDE
- Malay \Ma*lay"\, prop. n. One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago. [1913 Webster] Malay
Definition of 'Malay'
From: GCIDE
- Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The Malay language. [1913 Webster]
- Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia Malaccensis}) common in India; also, its applelike fruit. [1913 Webster]