मलय

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.ləj/, [mɐ.lɐj]

Adjective

मलय • (malay) (indeclinable)

Malay

Noun

मलय • (malay) m or f by sense

Malay (person)

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of *मलय* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	मलय malay	मलय malay
oblique	मलय malay	मलयों malayõ
vocative	मलय malay	मलयो malayo

Declension of *मलय* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	मलय malay	मलयें malayẽ
oblique	मलय malay	मलयों malayõ
vocative	मलय malay	मलयो malayo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

মলয় (Assamese script)
ᬫᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
মলয় (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
မလယ (Burmese script)
મલય (Gujarati script)
ਮਲਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂪𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಮಲಯ (Kannada script)
មលយ (Khmer script)
ມລຍ (Lao script)
മലയ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
ମଲଯ (Odia script)
ꢪꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
මලය (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩽𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚥𑚣 (Takri script)
மலய (Tamil script)
మలయ (Telugu script)
มลย (Thai script)
མ་ལ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨬𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil மலை (malai).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐ.jɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.l̪ɐ.jɐ/
Hyphenation: म‧ल‧य

Proper noun

मलय • (malaya) stem, m

name of a mountain range of the Western Ghats

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मलय
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मलयः (malayaḥ)	मलयौ (malayau)	मलयाः (malayāḥ)
accusative	मलयम् (malayam)	मलयौ (malayau)	मलयान् (malayān)
instrumental	मलयेन (malayena)	मलयाभ्याम् (malayābhyām)	मलयैः (malayaiḥ)
dative	मलयाय (malayāya)	मलयाभ्याम् (malayābhyām)	मलयेभ्यः (malayebhyaḥ)
ablative	मलयात् (malayāt)	मलयाभ्याम् (malayābhyām)	मलयेभ्यः (malayebhyaḥ)
genitive	मलयस्य (malayasya)	मलययोः (malayayoḥ)	मलयानाम् (malayānām)
locative	मलये (malaye)	मलययोः (malayayoḥ)	मलयेषु (malayeṣu)
vocative	मलय (malaya)	मलयौ (malayau)	मलयाः (malayāḥ)

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀫𑀮𑀬 (malaya)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މަލަ (mala)
    - Sinhalese: මලය (malaya)
→ Javanese: ꦩꦭꦪ (malaya)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “malaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 569