MALAY Meaning of MALAY in English [ mə'leɪ ]■ noun1》 a member of a people inhabiting ~sia and Indonesia. ↘a person of ~ descent. 2》 the Austronesian language of the ~s. ■ adjective relating to the ~s or their language. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004