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Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil நிரல் (niral) via a Northern Peninsular dialect transforming final /al/ > /ai̯/.
Noun
nirai (Jawi spelling نيراي, plural nirai-nirai, informal 1st possessive niraiku, 2nd possessive niraimu, 3rd possessive nirainya)
- (Malaysia) row, line
- Synonyms: baris, banjar, jajar
- 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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