Malaysia

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Malaysia

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Etymology

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Malay Melayuder.

English Malay

English Malays

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)der.

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?

Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)

Ancient Greek -εια (-eia)der.

Latin -iader.

English -ia

English Malaysia

From Malays +‎ -ia, amended from the previous form, Malaya. The ⟨-s⟩ was added to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) with Malaya in the formation of The Federation of Malaysia.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /məˈleɪ̯ʒə/, /məˈleɪ̯ziə/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Audio (UK):

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• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /məlejsiə/, /məlejʃə/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /mɐˈleɪ̯.ʃɐ/

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Proper noun

Malaysia

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
3. (obsolete) The Malay Archipelago.
   • 1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi‎, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 974:

     For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Comobo, Flares, Jindana or Sandelwood, Adenar, Solor, Lomblem, Pantar, Ombay, Timor, Semao, Rotte, Savu, Cambi, Wetter, Serwatty, Babba, Timorlaut, &c. ; 3. The Banda and Molucca Islands ; 4. Celebes and the smaller adjacent islands; 5. Borneo and adjacent islands; 6. The Philippine Islands.

Derived terms

• Bahasa Malaysia
• Malaysian

Descendants

• → Japanese: マレーシア (Marēshia)
• → Hungarian: Malajzia
• → Malay: Malaysia
  • → Japanese: マライシア (Maraishia) (obsolete)
• → Latvian: Malaizija
• → Lithuanian: Malaizija
• → Serbo-Croatian: Màlēzija
• → Slovak: Malajzia
• → Slovene: Malẹ́zija

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

Afrikaans: Maleisië Albanian: Malajzi f (indefinite), Malajzia f (definite) Amharic: ማሌዢያ (maležiya) Arabic: مَالَيْزِيَا (ar) f (malayziyā) Hijazi Arabic: ماليزيا f (mālīzya) Armenian: Մալայզիա (Malayzia) Assamese: মালয়েছিয়া (maloyesia) Asturian: Malasia (ast) f Azerbaijani: Malayziya (az) Bashkir: Малайзия (Malayziya) Belarusian: Мала́йзія f (Malájzija) Bengali: মালয়েশিয়া (bn) (malẏeśiẏa) Breton: Malaysia Bulgarian: Мала́йзия (bg) f (Malájzija) Burmese: မလေးရှား (ma.le:hra:) Catalan: Malàisia (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 馬來西亞 / 马来西亚 (maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3) Dungan: Малащи (Malaxi) Eastern Min: 馬來西亞 / 马来西亚 (Mā-lài-să̤-ā) Hakka: 馬來西亞 / 马来西亚 (Mâ-lòi-sî-â, Mâ-lòi-sî-á) Hokkien: 馬來西亞 / 马来西亚 (Má-lâi-se-a) Mandarin: 馬來西亞 / 马来西亚 (zh) (Mǎláixīyà) Wu: 馬來西亞 / 马来西亚 Czech: Malajsie (cs) f Danish: Malaysia n Dhivehi: މެލޭޝިޔާ (dv) (melēšiyā) Dutch: Maleisië (nl) n Esperanto: Malajzio (eo) Estonian: Malaisia (et) Finnish: Malesia (fi) French: Malaisie (fr) f Galician: Malaisia (gl) f Georgian: მალაიზია (ka) (malaizia) German: Malaysia (de) n, Malaysien n Greek: Μαλαισία (el) f (Malaisía) Gujarati: મલેશિયા (maleśiyā) Haitian Creole: Malezi Hausa: Malaisiya Hawaiian: Malaia, Malaisia Hebrew: מָלֶזְיָה f (malezya) Hindi: मलेशिया (hi) m (maleśiyā) Hungarian: Malajzia (hu) Icelandic: Malasía (is) f Ido: Malaizia (io) Indonesian: Malaysia (id) Interlingua: Malaysia Italian: Malesia f Japanese: マレーシア (ja) (Marēshia) Kalenjin: Malesia Kamba: Malesia Kannada: ಮಲೇಶಿಯ (kn) (malēśiya) Kazakh: Малайзия (kk) (Malaiziä) Khmer: ម៉ាឡេស៊ី (maaleesii) Kikuyu: Malesia Korean: 말레이시아 (ko) (Malleisia) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Malezya (ku) Kyrgyz: Малайзия (Malayziya) Lao: ມາເລເຊັຽ (mā lē sīa), ມາເລເຊຍ (lo) (mā lē sīa) Latin: Malaesia f Latvian: Malaizija (lv) f Lithuanian: Malaizija (lt) f Lü: ᦙᦱᦟᦻᧉᦌᦲᧈᦊᦱᧈ (maalaay²sii¹ẏaa¹) Luhya: Malesia Luo: Malesia Macedonian: Малезија f (Malezija) Malay: Malaysia (ms) Jawi: مليسيا (ms) Malayalam: മലേഷ്യ (malēṣya) Maltese: Il-Malażja f Manx: Yn Valaysia f Maori: Marēhia Marathi: मलेशिया (maleśiyā) Meru: Malesia Mongolian: Cyrillic: Малайз (Malajz) Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠶᠢᠽ (malayiz) Navajo: Maléízha Nepali: मलेशिया (maleśiyā) Norman: Malaysie f Norwegian: Bokmål: Malaysia (no) n Nynorsk: Malaysia (nn) n Odia: ମାଲେସିଆ (mālesiā) Pashto: مالیزیا f (māleziyā), مالېزيا f (māleziyā) Persian: Dari Persian: مَالِیزِیَا (mālīziyā), مَالَیْزِیَا (mālayziyā) Iranian Persian: مالِزی (mâlezi) Polish: Malezja (pl) f Portuguese: Malásia (pt) f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਮਲੇਸ਼ੀਆ m (maleśīā) Shahmukhi: مَلیشیا m (maleśeyā) Romanian: Malaezia (ro) f, Malaysia (ro) f Russian: Мала́йзия (ru) f (Malájzija) Sanskrit: मलयेशिया (malayeśiyā), मलेशिया (maleśiyā), मलेशियादेश (maleśiyādeśa) Scots: Malaysie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ма̀ле̄зија f Roman: Màlēzija (sh) f Sindhi: ملائيشيا Sinhalese: මලයාසියාව (malayāsiyāwa) Slovak: Malajzia f Slovene: Malézija (sl) f Spanish: Malasia (es) f Swahili: Malaysia (sw), Malesia (sw) Swedish: Malaysia (sv) n Tagalog: Malasya Tajik: Малайзия (Malayziya) Tamil: மலேசியா (ta) (malēciyā) Tatar: Малайзия (Malayziyä) Telugu: మలేషియా (te) (malēṣiyā) Tetum: Malázia Thai: มาเลเซีย (th) (maa-lee-siia) Tibetan: མ་ལ་ཤི་ཡ (ma la shi ya) Tongan: Maleisia Turkish: Malezya (tr) Turkmen: Malaýziýa Ukrainian: Мала́йзія (uk) f (Malájzija) Urdu: مَلائِیشِیا m (malāīśiyā), مَلائِشِیا m (malāiśiyā) Uyghur: مالايسىيا (malaysiya) Uzbek: Malayziya (uz) Vietnamese: Ma-lai-xi-a, Mã Lai (馬來) Yiddish: מאַלײַזיע n (malayzye) Yoruba: Màléṣíà Zhuang: Majlaizsihya Zulu: eMalaysia

See also

• Malaysia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Countries of the world

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Danish

Proper noun

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈlaɪ̯zi̯a]

• Audio (Germany):

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• Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧sia

Proper noun

Malaysia n (proper noun, genitive Malaysias or (optionally with an article) Malaysia)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: (Austria) Malaysien

Further reading

• Malaysia on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Malaysia” in Duden online

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Malaysia

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From English Malaysia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /maˈlajsia/ [maˈlai̯.si.a]
• Syllabification: Ma‧lay‧si‧a

Proper noun

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

See also

countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Arab Saudi
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Filipina
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Jepang
• Kamboja
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgizstan
• Korea Selatan
• Korea Utara
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Maladewa
• Malaysia
• Mesir
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Qatar
• Rusia
• Singapura
• Siprus
• Sri Lanka
• Suriah
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Tiongkok
• Turki
• Turkmenistan
• Uni Emirat Arab
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yaman
• Yordania

Further reading

• “Malaysia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

Malaysia

Wikipedia ^ms

Etymology

From English Malaysia, via Malays +‎ -ia, the root being from Melayu.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau)
  • (Malaysia) IPA^(key): [mə.le.si.ə], [mə.le.ʃə], [ma.le.si.ə]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • (Indonesia) IPA^(key): [ma.laj.si.ə], [ma.laj.ʃə]
  • Rhymes: -iə, -ʃə, -ə
• (Baku)
  • (Malaysia) IPA^(key): [mə.le.si.a], [mə.le.ʃa], [ma.le.si.a]
  • (Indonesia) IPA^(key): [ma.laj.si.a], [ma.laj.ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -ia, -ʃa, -a
• Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧si‧a

Proper noun

Malaysia (Jawi spelling مليسيا)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

Derived terms

Affixations

• kemalaysiaan (“Malaysianness”)
• memalaysiakan (“to Malaysianise”)
• pemalaysiaan (“Malaysianisation”)

Descendants

• → Japanese: マライシア (Maraishia) (obsolete)

See also

countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Arab Saudi
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• China
• Cyprus
• Emiriah Arab Bersatu
• Filipina
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jepun
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kemboja
• Korea Selatan
• Korea Utara
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lubnan
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mesir
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestin
• Qatar
• Rusia
• Singapura
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Turki
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yaman

Further reading

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

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English Malaysia.

Proper noun

Yn Valaysia f

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• Yn Valayish (“Malay”)

Mutation

Mutation of Malaysia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Malaysia	Valaysia	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Malaysia

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

See also

• malaysier
• malaysisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Malaysia

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

See also

• malaysiar
• malaysisk

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Malaysia

Wikipedia ^sw

Proper noun

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Malesia

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Malaysia

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Malaysia n (genitive Malaysias)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• malaysier
• malaysisk
• malaysiska

See also

countries in Asia: Asiens länder (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenien
• Azerbajdzjan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma
• Cypern
• Filippinerna
• Förenade arabemiraten
• Georgien
• Indien
• Indonesien
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan
• Jemen
• Jordanien
• Kambodja
• Kazakstan
• Kina
• Kirgizistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Malaysia
• Maldiverna
• Mongoliet
• Nepal
• Nordkorea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Qatar
• Ryssland
• Saudiarabien
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Sydkorea
• Syrien
• Tadzjikistan
• Thailand
• Turkiet
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Östtimor

References

• Malaysia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Malaysia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maˈlajsja/ [mɐˈlaɪ̯.ʃɐ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /maˈlajsja/ [mɐˈlaɪ̯.sjɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ajsja
  • IPA^(key): /maˈlejsja/ [mɐˈleɪ̯.ʃɐ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /maˈlejsja/ [mɐˈleɪ̯.sjɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ejsja
• Syllabification: Ma‧lay‧sia

Proper noun

Malaysia (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜀ)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Malasya

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia (Latin script): mga bansa sa Asya (appendix)edit

• Apganistan
• Armenya ~ Armenia
• Aserbayan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Biyetnam
• Brunei ~ Brunay
• Ehipto
• Emiratos Arabes Unidos
• Hapon
• Heorhiya
• Hilagang Korea
• Indiya
• Indonesya ~ Indonesia
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Jordan
• Kambodya
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libano, Lebanon
• Malasya, Malaysia
• Maldibas, Maldives
• Mongolya ~ Mongolia
• Myanmar, Birmanya
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Pilipinas
• Qatar
• Rusya
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapura
• Sirya ~ Siria
• Sri Lanka
• Tayikistan ~ Tajikistan
• Taylandiya
• Taywan
• Timog Korea
• Timor-Leste, Silangang Timor
• Tsina
• Tsipre
• Turkiya
• Turkmenistan
• Usbekistan
• Yemen