MALAYSIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malaysian mean? 

• MALAYSIAN (noun)
  The noun MALAYSIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Malaysia

2. the Malay language spoken in Malaysia

  Familiarity information: MALAYSIAN used as a noun is rare.

• MALAYSIAN (adjective)
  The adjective MALAYSIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia

  Familiarity information: MALAYSIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALAYSIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Malaysia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Malaysian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Malaysian"):

Bornean (a native or inhabitant of Borneo)

Sabahan (a Malaysian from Sabah)

Sarawakian (a native or inhabitant of Sarawak)

Holonyms ("Malaysian" is a member of...):

Federation of Malaysia; Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)

Derivation:

Malaysian (of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Malay language spoken in Malaysia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Bahasa Kebangsaan; Bahasa Malaysia; Bahasa Melayu; Malaysian

Hypernyms ("Malaysian" is a kind of...):

Malay (a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages)

• MALAYSIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Malayan; Malaysian

Context example:

Malayan crocodiles

Pertainym:

Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)

Derivation:

Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)

Malaysian (a native or inhabitant of Malaysia)