Malagasy

See also: malagasy

English

Etymology

From Malagasy malagasy, connected to "Mālāī-Jezīra", island of Malais. 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/, /mæləˈɡeɪzi/

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Noun

Malagasy (countable and uncountable, plural Malagasy or Malagasies)

1. (countable) A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
2. (uncountable) The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.
3. (in particular) The chief lect of this language or language group.

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Malgas
• Catalan: malgaix (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬拉加斯人／马拉加斯人 (Mǎlājiāsī rén)

• Czech: Malgaš m
• Esperanto: madagaskarano (man or woman), madagaskaranino (woman)
• Finnish: malagassi (fi)
• French: Malgache (fr) m or f
• German: Madagasse (de) m, Madagassin (de) f
• Hungarian: malgas (hu), madagaszkári (hu)
• Italian: malgascio (it) m
• Kazakh: малагасий (malagasii)
• Malagasy: malagasy (mg), gasy (mg)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gasser m, madagasser m

  Nynorsk: gassar (nn) m, madagassar (nn) m

• Portuguese: malgaxe (pt) m, madagascarense (pt)
• Russian: малагаси́ец (ru) m (malagasíjec), малагаси́йка (ru) f (malagasíjka)
• Spanish: malgache (es)
• Swahili: Mbukini (sw)
• Swedish: madagask (sv) c, (female) madagaskiska (sv) c
• Turkish: Madagaskarlı (tr), Malgaş

the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language

• Afrikaans: Malgassies (af), Malagassi
• Armenian: մալգաշերեն (hy) (malgašeren)
• Catalan: malgaix (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬拉加斯語／马拉加斯语 (Mǎlājiāsī yǔ)

• Czech: malgaština (cs) f
• Danish: malagassisk (da)
• Dutch: Malgasy
• Finnish: malagassi (fi)
• French: malgache (fr) m
• Galician: malgaxe (gl) m
• German: Madagassisch (de) n
• Hungarian: malgas (hu)
• Icelandic: malagasíska (is) f
• Indonesian: bahasa Madagaskar
• Italian: malgascio (it) m
• Japanese: マダガスカル語 (ja) (Madagasukaru-go), マラガシ語 (Maragashi-go)
• Malagasy: fiteny malagasy, malagasy (mg)
• Navajo: Malagasii Dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gassisk m, madagassisk m

  Nynorsk: gassisk (nn) m, madagassisk (nn) m

• Portuguese: malgaxe (pt) m
• Russian: малагаси́йский (ru) m (malagasíjskij), (archaic) мальга́шский (ru) m (malʹgášskij)
• Spanish: malgache (es) m
• Swahili: Kibukini
• Swedish: malagassiska (sv) c
• Turkish: Malgaşça (tr), Madagaskarca

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} માલાગાસી f (mālāgāsī) (1), ^{(please verify)} માલાગાસી m or f (mālāgāsī) (2)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} मालागासी (hi) f (mālāgāsī) (1), ^{(please verify)} मालागासी (hi) m or f (mālāgāsī) (2)
• Malagasy: anarana (mg)

Adjective

Malagasy (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar.
2. Of or pertaining to the Malagasy people.
3. Of, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language.

Derived terms

• Malagasy civet

 

Translations

pertaining to Madagascar

• Afrikaans: Malgassies (af), Madagaskars
• Bengali: মালাগাসি (bn) (malagaśi)
• Catalan: malgaix (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬拉加斯的／马拉加斯的, 马拉加斯的 (Mǎlājiāsī de)

• Czech: malgašský
• Finnish: madagaskarilainen (fi)
• French: malgache (fr)
• German: madagassisch (de)
• Gujarati: માલાગાસી (mālāgāsī)
• Hindi: मालागासी (hi) (mālāgāsī)
• Hungarian: madagaszkári (hu), malgas (hu)
• Malagasy: gasy (mg)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gassisk, madagassisk

  Nynorsk: gassisk (nn), madagassisk (nn)

• Polish: madagaskarski (pl), malgaski (pl)
• Portuguese: malgaxe (pt) m, madagascarense (pt)
• Russian: малагаси́йский (ru) (malagasíjskij)
• Spanish: malgache (es)
• Swedish: madagaskisk (sv), madagassisk, malagassisk
• Turkish: malgaş, madagaskarlı
• Ukrainian: мадагаска́рський (madahaskársʹkyj), малагасійський (malahasijsʹkyj)

See also

• Appendix:Malagasy Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Malagasy
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Malagasy terms

Further reading

• Malagasy - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• Malagasy World - Malagasy - English - French dictionary
• ISO 639-1 code mg, ISO 639-3 code mlg (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Malagasy, mlg ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Antankarana Malagasy, xmv ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Bara Malagasy, bhr ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Masikoro Malagasy, msh ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Northern Betsimisaraka Malagasy, bmm ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Plateau Malagasy, plt ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Sakalava Malagasy, skg ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tandroy-Mahafaly Malagasy, tdx ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tanosy Malagasy, txy ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tsimihety Malagasy, xmw ⁠