maligai

Indonesian

Alternative forms

mahligai
mahaligai

Etymology

From Malay maligai (“palace”), from Tamil மாளிகை (māḷikai, “palace”), from Sanskrit मलिक (malika, “king”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [maˈli.ɡai̯]
Hyphenation: ma‧li‧gai

Noun

maligai (first-person possessive maligaiku, second-person possessive maligaimu, third-person possessive maligainya)

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

Further reading

“maligai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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