Word.ws English Dictionary

asylum in Malay

suaka

/əˈsaɪləm/

asylum in Malay: suaka. In English, asylum means a place of safety or refuge.

Malay words for asylum

place of safety
suaka

English meaning of asylum

  1. noun A place of safety or refuge.
  2. noun The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
  3. noun A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
  4. verb To place in an asylum.

Full definition of asylum

Synonyms of asylum

asylum in other languages

Questions about asylum in Malay

What is the meaning of asylum in Malay?
Asylum in Malay is suaka.
Apakah maksud asylum dalam bahasa Melayu?
Asylum: suaka.
What does asylum mean in English?
Asylum means a place of safety or refuge.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: asylum (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-asylum.ogg.

Cite this page: “asylum meaning in Malay.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/malay/asylum. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.