Malagasy
See also: malagasy
English Edit
Etymology Edit
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 Edit
Noun Edit
Malagasy (countable and uncountable, plural Malagasy or Malagasies)
- (countable) A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
- (uncountable) The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.
- (in particular) The chief lect of this language or language group.
Translations Edit
person
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the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
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Adjective Edit
Malagasy (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar.
- Of or pertaining to the Malagasy people.
- Of, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language.
Translations Edit
pertaining to Madagascar
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See also Edit
- Appendix:Malagasy Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Malagasy
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Malagasy terms
Further reading Edit
- 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