[n] a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure"
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles"