orankay
English edit
Etymology edit
From Malay orang kaya.
Noun edit
orankay (plural orankays)
- (obsolete) In the Malay Archipelago, a person of distinction, a chief or noble.
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “orankay”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].