Bahasa Malaysia

noun

The official language of Malaysia, otherwise known as Malay.

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MalaysianBahasa MelayuBahasa KebangsaanMalaysian languageBahasa Melayu languageBahasa Kebangsaan languageBahasa Malaysia language
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Meanings

nounBahasa Malaysia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableofficial name in MalaysiaThe official language of Malaysia, otherwise known as Malay.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Malay language spoken in Malaysia or neighbouring countries

Similar
MalaysianBahasa MelayuBahasa KebangsaanMalaysian languageBahasa Melayu languageBahasa Kebangsaan languageBahasa Malaysia language
Broader
Malay
Also see
malaymalaysian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Malay bahasa Malaysia.

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Cite this entry
APA

Bahasa Malaysia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bahasa%20Malaysia

MLA

“Bahasa Malaysia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bahasa%20Malaysia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bahasa Malaysia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bahasa%20Malaysia.

Source: Bahasa Malaysia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.