'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]