Malayan
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Malayan (plural Malayans)
- A person from Malaysia or the former Malaya; a Malay.
- 1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
- The third class is intended to provide cheap travel for the poorest Malayans; wooden seats are the rule, the compensation lying in the fare of four cents a mile (about 1d).
- Either of two lycaenid butterflies of the genus Megisba of Asia and Australasia.
Adjective edit
Malayan (comparative more Malayan, superlative most Malayan)
- of, or relating to Malaysia or the former Malaya; Malay
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Armenian Մալայան (Malayan).
Proper noun edit
Malayan (plural Malayans)
- A surname from Armenian.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Malayan is the 542937th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23 individuals.