malam

See also: Malam, malām, mālam, and maļam

Acehnese

Etymology 1

Noun

malamCategory:Acehnese lemmas#MALAMCategory:Acehnese nouns#MALAMCategory:Acehnese palindromes#MALAMCategory:Acehnese entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. height

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Acehnese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAM *maləm.

Noun

malamCategory:Acehnese lemmas#MALAMCategory:Acehnese nouns#MALAMCategory:Acehnese palindromes#MALAMCategory:Acehnese entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. night

References

Category:ace:Times of day#MALAM

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-MalayicCategory:Brunei Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#MALAMCategory:Brunei Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic#MALAM *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Brunei Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAMCategory:Brunei Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAM *maləm.

Pronunciation

Noun

malamCategory:Brunei Malay lemmas#MALAMCategory:Brunei Malay nouns#MALAMCategory:Brunei Malay palindromes#MALAMCategory:Brunei Malay entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. The time of the day between dusk and midnight; evening or night.
Category:kxd:Times of day#MALAM

Hausa

Etymology

A clipping of malami.

Pronunciation

Noun

mālàm m (feminine mālàmā, plural mā̀làmai)Category:Hausa lemmas#MALAMCategory:Hausa nouns#MALAMCategory:Hausa palindromes#MALAMCategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Hausa masculine nouns#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. mister, Mr.
Category:ha:Titles#MALAM

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-MalayicCategory:Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#MALAMCategory:Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayic#MALAM *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Iban terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAMCategory:Iban terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAM *maləm.

Pronunciation

Noun

malamCategory:Iban lemmas#MALAMCategory:Iban nouns#MALAMCategory:Iban palindromes#MALAMCategory:Iban entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. night

Derived terms

Category:iba:Times of day#MALAM

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#MALAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#MALAM malam, from Proto-MalayicCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#MALAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic#MALAM *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAM *maləm.

Noun

malam (plural malam-malam)Category:Indonesian lemmas#MALAMCategory:Indonesian nouns#MALAMCategory:Indonesian palindromes#MALAMCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  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"
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from JavaneseCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese#MALAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Javanese#MALAM ꦩꦭꦩ꧀ (malam), probably from GujaratiCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Gujarati#MALAM મલમ (malam, “ointment or paste made of wax”), from Classical PersianCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Classical Persian#MALAM مرهم (marham), from ArabicCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Arabic#MALAM مَرْهَم (marham, “ointment, cream, pomade”).

Category:Indonesian terms derived from Arabic#MALAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from the Arabic root ر ه م#MALAM Category:Indonesian terms derived from Middle Persian#MALAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#MALAM

Noun

malam (plural malam-malam)Category:Indonesian lemmas#MALAMCategory:Indonesian nouns#MALAMCategory:Indonesian palindromes#MALAMCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. wax, paraffin, particularly for making batik
    Synonyms: lilin, lilinan
  2. beeswax: a wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods
    Synonym: lilin lebah
  3. (figurative) amorphous plastic mass derived from minerals, plants, and animals
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Lun BawangCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Lun Bawang#MALAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Lun Bawang#MALAM [Term?]Category:Lun Bawang term requests#MALAM.

Noun

malam (plural malam-malam)Category:Indonesian lemmas#MALAMCategory:Indonesian nouns#MALAMCategory:Indonesian palindromes#MALAMCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. stale vegetables

Further reading

Category:id:Times of day#MALAM

Javanese

Romanization

malamCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#MALAMCategory:Javanese romanizations#MALAMCategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#MALAMCategory:Javanese palindromes#MALAMCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. romanization of ꦩꦭꦩ꧀

Latin

Adjective

malamCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#MALAMCategory:Latin adjective forms#MALAMCategory:Latin palindromes#MALAMCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. accusative feminine singular of malus

Verb

mālamCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#MALAMCategory:Latin verb forms#MALAMCategory:Latin palindromes#MALAMCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. first-person singular future active indicative of mālō

Malay

Etymology

Category:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic#MALAMCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#MALAM

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAMCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAM *maləm (“night, darkness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

malam (Jawi spelling مالم, plural malam-malam or malam2)Category:Malay lemmas#MALAMCategory:Malay nouns#MALAMCategory:Malay palindromes#MALAMCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. night
    Antonyms: siang, hari
    Selamat malam ― GoodnightCategory:Malay terms with usage examples#MALAM

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: malam (inherited)
  • → Ternate: malam

Further reading

  • "malam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*malem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Category:ms:Times of day#MALAM

Ternate

Etymology

From MalayCategory:Ternate terms derived from Malay#MALAM malam.

Pronunciation

Noun

malamCategory:Ternate lemmas#MALAMCategory:Ternate nouns#MALAMCategory:Ternate palindromes#MALAMCategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. night, evening

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Category:tft:Times of day#MALAM

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Yakan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#MALAM *maləm.

Noun

malamCategory:Yakan lemmas#MALAMCategory:Yakan nouns#MALAMCategory:Yakan palindromes#MALAMCategory:Yakan entries with incorrect language header#MALAMCategory:Pages with entries#MALAMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#MALAM

  1. evening, eve
Category:yka:Times of day#MALAM
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