Malaysian

From Malaysia +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /məˈleɪ.zi.ən/, /məˈleɪ.ʒən/

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• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /məlejsiən/, /məlejʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Malaysian (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the country of Malaysia.
2. Pertaining to the Malay language spoken in Malaysia.
3. (obsolete) Pertaining to the Malay Archipelago.
   • 1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi‎^[1], Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 970:

     But, in their intercourse with strangers and enemies, the treachery of the Malaysian character is fully displayed.

• Malayan

Malaysian (plural Malaysians)

1. A native of Malaysia.
2. (obsolete) A native of the Malay Archipelago.
   • 1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi‎^[2], Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 973:

     The insular position of the greater parts of the Malaysians has made them expert and intrepid mariners; and they have carried to a high degree of perfection the construction of their various kinds of vessels. The Achinese and the Siaks of Sumatra, the Macassars and Bugis of Celebes, the Tagales of Luzon, and the natives of Mandanao, Sooloo, and Bali, excel all the other Malaysians in this art.

• Malay
• Malayan

Malaysian

1. The Malay language, specifically the one spoken in Malaysia.

• Bahasa Kebangsaan
• Bahasa Malaysia
• Bahasa Melayu
• Malay
• Malayan