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1. 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

1. A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
   - Malayan
    
2. A western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

Derived forms: Malays

Type of: Asian, Asiatic, Western Malayo-Polynesian

Part of: East India, East Indies, Federation of Malaysia, Malay Archipelago, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, The Malay Archipelago

Encyclopedia: Malay, Saône-et-Loire