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mamak

noun

Meaning

  1. A roadside stall selling Muslim Tamil or Malay cuisine; by extension, a restaurant that sells similar foods.
  2. A person who owns or works in such an establishment
  3. A Tamil Muslim

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

kopitiam(English)mama put(English)kopi tiam(English)economy rice(English)zi char(English)laksa(English)buka(English)food street(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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