malai

Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī).

• IPA^(key): /məˈlaɪ/

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.
   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 109:

     The milk had malai on top.

• Lamia, Malia, ilama, lamia, malia

Borrowed from English Malay, from Malay Melayu.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈlaj]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈlaj]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧lai

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)

• península Malaia (“Malay Peninsula”)

malai m (plural malais, feminine malaia, feminine plural malaies)

1. Malay (an individual of the Malay people)

malai m (uncountable)

1. Malay (a Malayic language of Malaysia)

malai f

1. dative singular of mala

malai (Jawi spelling مالاي, plural malai-malai)

1. garland, especially an elaborate one adorned with gold, gemstones etc.

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

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malai class ? (plural [please provide])

1. milk cream