malam
Acehnese
Noun
malam
- height
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Noun
malam
- 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
- 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)
- mister, Mr.
Iban
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malam/
- Hyphenation: ma‧lam
Noun
malam
- night
Derived terms
- demalam
- semalam
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmalam/
- Rhymes: -am
Etymology 1
From Malay malam, from Classical Malay malam, from Old Malay [script needed] (mālam), from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.
Alternative forms
- malem (nonstandard)
Noun
malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)
- 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
- bermalam
- kemalaman
- malam-malam
- semalaman
- semalam
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦭꦩ꧀ (malam), probably from Gujarati મલમ (malam, “ointment or paste made of wax”), from Persian مرهم (marham), from Arabic مَرْهَم (marham).
Noun
malam (plural malam-malam, first-person possessive malamku, second-person possessive malammu, third-person possessive malamnya)
- wax, paraffin, particularly for making batik
Further reading
- “malam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
malam
- Romanization of ꦩꦭꦩ꧀
Latin
Adjective
malam
- accusative feminine singular of malus
Verb
mālam
- 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
Audio (MY) (file)
Noun
malam (Jawi spelling مالم, plural malam-malam, informal 1st possessive malamku, 2nd possessive malammu, 3rd possessive malamnya)
- night
- Selamat malam ― Goodnight
- Antonyms: siang, hari
Derived terms
- semalam
Descendants
- Indonesian: malam
- → Ternate: malam
Further reading
- “malam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *malem
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay malam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈma.lam]
Noun
malam
- 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
- evening, eve