Malay may refer to:

Languages

* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language#Old Malay, History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia ** Malaysian Malay, the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia * Malayic languages, a group of closely related languages in the Malay Archipelago * Malay trade and creole languages, a set of pidgin languages throughout the Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and the entire Malay archipelago * Brunei Malay, an unofficial national language of Brunei distinct from standard Malay * Kedah Malay, a variety of the Malaya languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand * Sri Lanka Malay language, spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka * Songkhla Malay, variety of Malay spoken in Songkhla province, Thailand

Race and ethnic groups

* Malay race, a racial category used in the late 19th and early 20th century to describe Austronesian peoples ** Overseas Malays, people of Malay race ancestry living outside Malay archipelago home areas ** Cape Malays, a Malay race descent or community in South Africa ** Cocos Malays, the predominant ethnic group (Malay race descent) of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia. ** Sri Lankan Malays, a Malay race descent or community in Sri Lanka * Malays (ethnic group), the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo ** Bruneian Malay people, ethnic Malays in Brunei Darussalam ** Malaysian Malays, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens ** Malay Indonesian, ethnic Malays in Indonesia ** Malay Singaporeans, a broad ethnic group defined by the Singaporean government ** Riau Malays, ethnic Malays who inhabit the area of Riau and the Riau Islands ** Thai Malays, ethnic Malays in Thailand

People

* Malay (record producer) (born 1978), American music producer * Jessi Malay (born 1986), American singer in No Secrets (group), No Secrets * Malay Ghosh (born 1944), Indian statistician and Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida * Malay Roy Choudhury (born 1939), Bengali poet and novelist who founded the "Hungryalist Movement" in the 1960s * Malay Banerjee (born 1955), Indian former cricketer * Malay Bhowmick (born 1956) * Andrei Malay (born 1973) * Charlie Malay (1879–1905), professional baseball player * Joe Malay (1905–1989), American baseball player

Places

* Malay, Azerbaijan, a village in Azerbaijan * Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines * Malay, Saône-et-Loire, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département of France * Malay Archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia * Malay-le-Grand, a commune in the Yonne département of France * Malay-le-Petit, a commune in the Yonne département of France * Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand * Malay Sheykh-e Ginklik, a village in Golestan Province, Iran * Malay Town, the unofficial name for an area of Cairns in Australia

Nation-states

* Peninsular Malaysia, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers * Malaysia, the modern country that encompasses most of the ancient Malay ethnic group states

Historical Kingdoms

* Melayu Kingdom, a 7th-century classical Southeast Asian kingdom in Sumatra, Indonesia

Animals

* Malay chicken, a breed of chicken originating in Asia * Malayan tiger (''Panthera tigris jacksoni''), a subspecies of tiger from the Malay peninsula

Ships

* SS ''Malay'', a Norwegian cargo ship in service from 1959 to 1961 and now known as SS Ambria, SS ''Ambria'' * USS Malay (SP-735), USS ''Malay'' (SP-735), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919

Other uses

* Malay alphabet, the more common of the two alphabets used today to write the Malay language * Malay cuisine, the cuisine of Malay people of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Mindanao and Southern Thailand * Malay Village, a museum in Geylang, Singapore * Malay world, the Malay-speaking countries of Southeast Asia, or the homeland of the Austronesian people