maligai

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• mahligai
• mahaligai

Etymology

From Malay maligai (“palace”), from Tamil மாளிகை (māḷikai, “palace”), from Sanskrit मलिक (malika, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈli.ɡai̯]
• Hyphenation: ma‧li‧gai

Noun

maligai (first-person possessive maligaiku, second-person possessive maligaimu, third-person possessive maligainya)

1. a chamber or cabinet, a room in a palace
2. (archaic, literary) a palace

Further reading

• “maligai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.