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mamak

mamak noun: a roadside stall selling Muslim Tamil or Malay cuisine; by extension, a restaurant that sells similar foods.

Noun

mamak (plural mamaks)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A roadside stall selling Muslim Tamil or Malay cuisine; by extension, a restaurant that sells similar foods.
    • To the untrained eye, any dish that’s labelled ‘rojak’ looks like a hot mess. However, you can’t make your way to Singapore without having a taste of authentic Mamak Rojak [...]2022 December 29, Jocelyn Tan, “A guide to the best Indian rojak stalls in Singapore”, in Lifestyle Asia
  2. (Malaysia, Singapore) A person who owns or works in such an establishment
  3. (Malaysia, Singapore) A Tamil Muslim

Forms of mamak

pluralmamaks

Origin of mamak

Unadapted borrowing from Malay mamak.

Words formed from mamak

Phrases with mamak

Questions about mamak

What does mamak mean?
Mamak means a roadside stall selling Muslim Tamil or Malay cuisine; by extension, a restaurant that sells similar foods.
What part of speech is mamak?
Mamak is a noun.
What is the plural of mamak?
The plural of mamak is mamaks.

Words near mamak in the dictionary

  1. mamahood
  2. mamaing
  3. mamaji
  4. mamajis
  5. mamajuana
  6. mamak
  7. mamak shop
  8. mamak shops
  9. Mamakating
  10. mamaks
  11. mamaku

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