malai

See also: malaí, málaí, mălai, Mǎlái, and mal aí

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī).

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

Catalan

Etymology

From English Malay, from Malay Melayu.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /məˈlaj/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /maˈlaj/
  • 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)

Proper noun

malai m

  1. Malay (a Malayic language of Malaysia)

Latvian

Noun

malai f

  1. dative singular form of mala
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