Meanings
present singular third person layans · participle present layaning · participle past layaned · past layaned
- MalaysiacolloquialtransitiveTo respond to (a person) through conversation or actions, to entertain.
LOL. You must be desperate and lonely....okay....I layan you enough already today. Bye.
2003 August 13, ignoramus, “Let's pay a fair price for the water.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)2 more examples
BTW investors are profit-driven and motivated lar. I can elaborate on this but I'm too lazy to spend too much time to 'layan' ignorant morons like you.
2002 August 1, Ahmad Sayuthi, “PAS polygamist: Why I took another wife in Cambodia”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)..haiya, don't layan this Bad Boy la. He is here to make 'kacau' only. Leave him alone..then the world will be a better place.
2002 November 12, AM Abdul Rahman, “FALSE religious teachings”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)
Origin
- Malaylayan“to serve, to entertain”
- Englishlayan
From Malay layan (“to serve, to entertain”).
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layan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layan
“layan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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