Malay Language - Borrowed Words

Borrowed Words

Main article: List of Malay loanwords

The Malay language has many words borrowed from Arabic (mainly religious terms), Sanskrit, Tamil, Persian, Portuguese, Dutch, certain Chinese dialects and more recently, English (in particular many scientific and technological terms).

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Famous quotes containing the words borrowed and/or words:

    “Most of our occupations are low comedy.... We must play our part duly, but as the part of a borrowed character. Of the mask and appearance we must not make a real essence, nor of what is foreign what is our very own.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    “We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)