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malai

malai

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

English

Noun

malai (uncountable)

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

Catalan

Etymology

From English Malay, from Malay Melayu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧lai

Adjective

malai m (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