malai
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī).
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malai (uncountable)
- (cooking) An Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole milk and then skimming off the resulting fatty layer.
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 109:
- The milk had malai on top.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Malay, from Malay Melayu.
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Adjective edit
malai (feminine malaia, masculine plural malais, feminine plural malaies)
- Malay (pertaining to the Malay Peninsula, to the Malay people, or to the Malay language)
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- península Malaia (“Malay Peninsula”)
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malai m (plural malais, feminine malaia)
- Malay (an individual of the Malay people)
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malai m (uncountable)
- Malay (a Malayic language of Malaysia)
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malai f
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malai (Jawi spelling مالاي, plural malai-malai, informal 1st possessive malaiku, 2nd possessive malaimu, 3rd possessive malainya)
- garland, especially an elaborate one adorned with gold, gemstones etc.
References edit
- “malai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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malai (needs class)