Etymology

Malaysian

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Today it means: Pertaining to the country of Malaysia. Full definition →

English Malaysia ← Malay Melayu
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The story

  1. MalayMelayu
  2. EnglishMalay
  3. EnglishMalaysia
  4. English todayMalaysian

From Malaysia + -an.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.