Meanings
Malayan1
plural Malayans
- A person of whatever ethnicity from the former Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia
The third class is intended to provide cheap travel for the poorest Malayans; wooden seats are the rule, the compensation lying in the fare of four cents a mile (about 1d).
1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706
comparative more Malayan · superlative most Malayan
- of, or relating to the former Malaya; Malay
Malayan2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
nouna member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Malayan · proper noun
- ArmenianՄալա (Mala)
- ArmenianՄալայան (Malayan)
- EnglishMalayan
Borrowed from Armenian Մալայան (Malayan).
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Malayan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayan
“Malayan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malayan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayan.
Source: Malayan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.