1. (

• Malay ,
• Malayan

) a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago ;

1. (

• Malaysian ,
• Malayan ,

) of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles" ;

2. (

• Malay ,
• Malayan

) of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure" ;