Etymology

Malayan

M3A1L1A1Y4A1N1

Today it means: A person of whatever ethnicity from the former Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Malayan · noun, adjective1

From Malaya + -an.

Malayan · proper noun2

  1. ArmenianՄալա (Mala)
  2. ArmenianՄալայան (Malayan)
  3. English todayMalayan

Borrowed from Armenian Մալայան (Malayan).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.