different between indian vs malai

Romanian

Etymology

From French indien

Noun

indian m (plural indieni)

1. Indian

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish indiano (literally “inhabitant of India”), equivalent to Indien +? -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd????n/

Noun

indian c

1. Indian, American Indian (A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas)

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (mal??).

Noun

malai (uncountable)

1. (cooking) An Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole milk and then skimming off the resulting fatty layer.

Anagrams

• Lamia, Malia, ilama, lamia, malia

Catalan

Etymology

From English Malay, from Malay Melayu.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m??laj/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma?laj/
• Hyphenation: ma?lai

Adjective

malai (feminine malaia, masculine plural malais, feminine plural malaies)

1. Malay (pertaining to the Malay Peninsula, to the Malay people, or to the Malay language)

Derived terms

• península Malaia (“Malay Peninsula”)

Noun

malai m (plural malais, feminine malaia)

1. Malay (an individual of the Malay people)

malai m (uncountable)

1. Malay (a Malayic language of Malaysia)

Latvian

Noun

malai f

1. dative singular form of mala

Malay

Noun

malai (Jawi spelling ??????, plural malai-malai, informal 1st possessive malaiku, impolite 2nd possessive malaimu, 3rd possessive malainya)

1. garland, especially an elaborate one adorned with gold, gemstones etc.

References

• “malai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.