hair in Malay
bulu
/ˈhɛə/
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British/ˈhɛː/
hair in Malay: bulu, rambut. In English, hair means a pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
Malay words for hair
- pigmented filament of keratin on the skin of humans and other mammals
- bulu
- mass of such filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals
- bulu
- mass of such filaments on the human head
- rambut
English meaning of hair
- noun A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- noun The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for any part or the whole body.
- noun Specifically, the collection of hairs on the top and sides of the human head, growing from the scalp.
- noun A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
hair in a sentence
- In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
- Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- (uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
Synonyms of hair
hair in other languages
- hair in Hindi
- hair in Tamil
- hair in Marathi
- hair in Urdu
- hair in Bengali
- hair in Telugu
- hair in Malayalam
- hair in Kannada
- hair in Punjabi
- hair in Gujarati
- hair in Odia
- hair in Sanskrit
- hair in Sinhala
- hair in Assamese
- hair in Nepali
- hair in Pashto
- hair in Tagalog
- hair in Arabic
- hair in Indonesian
- hair in Persian
- hair in Thai
- hair in Vietnamese
- hair in Myanmar
Questions about hair in Malay
- What is the meaning of hair in Malay?
- Hair in Malay is bulu, rambut.
- Apakah maksud hair dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Hair: bulu, rambut.
- What does hair mean in English?
- Hair means a pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
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