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5-letter words (1 found)

MALAM,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALMA,AMLA,LAMA,MALA,MALM,MAMA,

3-letter words (7 found)

AAL,ALA,AMA,LAM,MAA,MAL,MAM,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AL,AM,LA,MA,MM,

You can make 20 words from malam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of malam

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Definitions and meaning of malam

malam

Acehnese

Etymology 1

Noun

malam

  1. height

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.

Noun

malam

  1. night

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malam/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lam

Noun

malam

  1. The time of the day between dusk and midnight; evening or night.

Hausa

Etymology

A clipping of malami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /máː.làm/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [máː.làŋ]

Noun

mālàm m (feminine mālàmā, plural mā̀làmai)

  1. mister, Mr.

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malam/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lam

Noun

malam

  1. night

Derived terms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • malem (informal)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.lam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lam

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay malam, from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.

Noun

malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)

  1. night
Usage notes

Usage with names of days like Jumat (“Friday”), Senin (“Monday”):

  • When placed before the day name means "night before day": malam Jumat "night before Friday"
  • When placed after the day name means "night of day": Jumat malam "night of Friday"
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦭꦩ꧀ (malam), probably from Gujarati મલમ (malam, “ointment or paste made of wax”), from Classical Persian مرهم (marham), from Arabic مَرْهَم (marham).

Noun

malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)

  1. wax, paraffin, particularly for making batik

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

malam

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦭꦩ꧀

Latin

Adjective

malam

  1. accusative feminine singular of malus

Verb

mālam

  1. first-person singular future active indicative of mālō

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm (“night, darkness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malam/
  • Rhymes: -alam, -lam, -am

Noun

malam (Jawi spelling مالم, plural malam-malam, informal 1st possessive malamku, 2nd possessive malammu, 3rd possessive malamnya)

  1. night
    Antonyms: siang, hari
    Selamat malam ― Goodnight

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: malam
  • → Ternate: malam

Further reading

  • “malam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*malem”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay malam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈma.lam]

Noun

malam

  1. night, evening

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.

Noun

malam

  1. evening, eve

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