nirai

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil நிரல் (niral) via a Northern Peninsular dialect transforming final /al/ > /ai̯/.

Noun

nirai (Jawi spelling نيراي, plural nirai-nirai)

  1. (Malaysia) row, line
    Synonyms: baris, banjar, jajar
    1. file, line (of soldiers, troops)
      Synonyms: baris, barisan, kawad, kawat

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “نيري nirai”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nirai”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 174

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