maligai

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Etymology

From Malay maligai (“palace”), from Tamil மாளிகை (māḷikai, “palace”), from Sanskrit मालिका (mālikā, “palace”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧li‧gai

Noun

maligai

  1. a chamber or cabinet, a room in a palace
  2. (archaic, literary) a palace

References

  1. ^ https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.490

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