Etymology

mamak shop

Malay mamak
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The story

  1. Malay · derived frommamak
  2. English todaymamak shop

From Malay mamak + shop. Compare Tamil மாமா (māmā, “uncle”).

Words from the same roots

Malaymamak all →

mamak

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.