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nirai

“nirai” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. row, line
  2. file, line (of soldiers, troops)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil நிரல் (niral) via a Northern Peninsular dialect transforming final /al/ > /ai̯/.

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