Malay definition by Wordo

Adjective

Of

or

relating

to

the

Malays

,

a

people

living

in

Brunei

,

on

the

eastern

coast

of

Sumatra

,

the

islands

of

Bangka

and

Belitung

,

the

Riau archipelago

and

the

coastal

areas

of

Kalimantan

in

Indonesia

,

in

most

of

Malaysia

(

states

where

they

are

politically

dominant

),

in

Singapore

and

in

the

southernmost

provinces

of

Thailand

.

Noun

A

person

of

Malay

ancestry

,

referring

to

a

diverse

group

of

Austronesian

peoples

inhabiting

the

Malay

archipelago

and

Malay

peninsula

in

Southeast

Asia

.

Proper noun

The

Malay

language

,

an

Austronesian

language

spoken

by

most

Malay

people

and

by

others

where

it

is

an

official

language

,

including

under

the

name

Indonesian

.