layan

L1A1Y4A1N1
/ˈlʌjʌn/

verb

To respond to (a person) through conversation or actions, to entertain.

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Meanings

verblayan (third-person singular simple present layans, present participle layaning, simple past and past participle layaned)

present singular third person layans · participle present layaning · participle past layaned · past layaned

  1. 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)
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    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

  1. Malaylayan“to serve, to entertain”
  2. Englishlayan

From Malay layan (“to serve, to entertain”).

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APA

layan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layan

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“layan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “layan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layan.

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