orankay

English

Etymology

From Malay orang kaya.

Noun

orankay (plural orankays)

1. (obsolete) In the Malay Archipelago, a person of distinction, a chief or noble.

Alternative forms

• orancaya

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “orankay”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

• anoraky