deaf in Malay
pekak
/dɛf//diːf/
deaf in Malay: pekak, tuli, congek, tunakerna. In English, deaf means unable (or partially able) to hear.
Malay words for deaf
- unable to hear
- pekak, tuli, congek, tunakerna
English meaning of deaf
- adjective Unable (or partially able) to hear.
- adjective Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.
- adjective Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
- adjective Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
deaf in a sentence
- My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.
- It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf.
- Those people are deaf to reason.
Synonyms of deaf
deaf in other languages
- deaf in Hindi
- deaf in Tamil
- deaf in Marathi
- deaf in Urdu
- deaf in Bengali
- deaf in Telugu
- deaf in Malayalam
- deaf in Kannada
- deaf in Punjabi
- deaf in Gujarati
- deaf in Odia
- deaf in Sanskrit
- deaf in Sinhala
- deaf in Assamese
- deaf in Pashto
- deaf in Tagalog
- deaf in Arabic
- deaf in Indonesian
- deaf in Persian
- deaf in Thai
- deaf in Vietnamese
- deaf in Myanmar
Questions about deaf in Malay
- What is the meaning of deaf in Malay?
- Deaf in Malay is pekak, tuli, congek, tunakerna.
- Apakah maksud deaf dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Deaf: pekak, tuli, congek, tunakerna.
- What does deaf mean in English?
- Deaf means unable (or partially able) to hear.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deaf (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.
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