Meanings
nounMalagasy (plural Malagasy or Malagasies)
plural Malagasies
- A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
proper noun
- The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.
1 more example
“On the other hand, I had the French and English Wiktionaries which each had more Malagasy words than the entire Malagasy Wiktionary. [That was] the trigger to start working on the Malagasy Wiktionary. In 2009, [I] didn’t know much programming at that time, so I did everything by hand, at least in the beginning.”
2020 August 4, Cyrus Multhauf, quoting Jagwar, “How a Malagasy Teenager Created the World’s Second-Largest Dictionary”, in NEEM Blog, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021 - The chief lect of this language or language group.
adjectiveMalagasy (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Madagascar.
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the Malagasy people.
- not comparableOf, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Arabicجَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ“the Island of Mālāī”
- Malagasymalagasy
- EnglishMalagasy
Borrowed from Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”).
More words from Malagasy, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Malgas, Malgassies
- Malgasperson
- Malgassiesthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- Malagassithe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- Malgassiespertaining to Madagascar
- Madagaskarspertaining to Madagascar
Arabic الْمَلَغَاسِيَّة or الْمَلْغَاسِيَّة, الْمَلَغَاشِيَّة or الْمَلْغَاشِيَّة
- الْمَلَغَاسِيَّة or الْمَلْغَاسِيَّة (al-malaḡāsiyya)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- الْمَلَغَاشِيَّة or الْمَلْغَاشِيَّة (al-malaḡāšiyya)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Bengali মালাগাসি
- মালাগাসি (malagaśi)pertaining to Madagascar
Catalan malgaix, malgaix
- malgaixperson
- malgaixthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- malgaixpertaining to Madagascar
Chinese Mandarin 馬拉加斯人 /马拉加斯人, 馬拉加斯語 /马拉加斯语
- 馬拉加斯人 /马拉加斯人 (Mǎlājiāsī rén)person
- 馬拉加斯語 /马拉加斯语 (Mǎlājiāsī yǔ)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- 馬達加斯加語 /马达加斯加语 (Mǎdájiāsījiāyǔ)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- 馬拉加斯的 /马拉加斯的pertaining to Madagascar
- 马拉加斯的 (Mǎlājiāsī de)pertaining to Madagascar
Czech Malgaš, malgaština
- Malgašperson
- malgaštinathe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- malgašskýpertaining to Madagascar
Danish malagassisk
- malagassiskthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Dutch Malgasy
- Malgasythe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Esperanto madagaskarano, madagaskaranino
- madagaskaranoperson
- madagaskaraninoperson
Finnish malagassi, malagassi
- malagassiperson
- malagassithe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- madagaskarilainenpertaining to Madagascar
French Malgache, malgache
- Malgacheperson
- malgachethe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- malgachepertaining to Madagascar
German Madagasse, Madagassin
- Madagasseperson
- Madagassinperson
- Madagassischthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- madagassischpertaining to Madagascar
Greek μαλαγασικά
- μαλαγασικά (malagasiká)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Hindi मालागासी
- मालागासी (mālāgāsī)pertaining to Madagascar
Hungarian malgas, madagaszkári
- malgasperson
- madagaszkáriperson
- malgasthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- madagaszkáripertaining to Madagascar
- malgaspertaining to Madagascar
Icelandic malagasíska
- malagasískathe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Indonesian bahasa Madagaskar, Madagaskar
- bahasa Madagaskarthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- Madagaskarpertaining to Madagascar
Italian malgascio, malgascio
- malgascioperson
- malgasciothe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Japanese マダガスカル語, マラガシ語
- マダガスカル語 (Madagasukaru-go)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- マラガシ語 (Maragashi-go)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Korean 말라가시어, 마다가스카르어
- 말라가시어 (mallagasieo)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- 마다가스카르어 (madagaseukareueo)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Norwegian Bokmål gasser, madagasser
- gasserperson
- madagasserperson
- gassiskthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- madagassiskthe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- gassiskpertaining to Madagascar
- madagassiskpertaining to Madagascar
Polish Madagaskarczyk, Madagaskarka
- Madagaskarczykperson
- Madagaskarkaperson
- malgaskithe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- madagaskarskipertaining to Madagascar
- malgaskipertaining to Madagascar
Portuguese malgaxe, madagascarense
- malgaxeperson
- madagascarenseperson
- malgaxethe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- malgaxepertaining to Madagascar
- madagascarensepertaining to Madagascar
Russian малагаси́ец, малагаси́йка
- малагаси́ец (malagasíjec)person
- малагаси́йка (malagasíjka)person
- малагаси́йский (malagasíjskij)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- мальга́шский (malʹgášskij)the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- малагаси́йский (malagasíjskij)pertaining to Madagascar
Slovak madagaskarský
- madagaskarskýpertaining to Madagascar
Spanish malgache, malgache
- malgacheperson
- malgachethe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- malgachepertaining to Madagascar
Swahili Mbukini, Kibukini
- Mbukiniperson
- Kibukinithe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
Swedish madagask, madagaskiska
- madagaskperson
- madagaskiskaperson
- malagassiskathe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- madagaskiskpertaining to Madagascar
- madagassiskpertaining to Madagascar
- malagassiskpertaining to Madagascar
Turkish Madagaskarlı, Malgaş
- Madagaskarlıperson
- Malgaşperson
- Malgaşçathe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- Madagaskarcathe language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
- malgaşpertaining to Madagascar
- madagaskarlıpertaining to Madagascar
Ukrainian мадагаска́рський, малагасійський
- мадагаска́рський (madahaskársʹkyj)pertaining to Madagascar
- малагасійський (malahasijsʹkyj)pertaining to Madagascar
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Malagasy
crazychassislazydaisyTallahasseequasiclassyMasseysassygrassyZambezihazyglassylassiefugazinasitassiemassyMaisiebrassylassigassybrasseybassy
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Malagasy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malagasy
MLA
“Malagasy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malagasy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malagasy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malagasy.
Source: Malagasy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.