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Malay (Arabic) · Melayu

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ms-Arab is the locale for Malay (Arabic) (Melayu). Numbers are written 1,234,567.891, short dates look like 27/03/26, times like 3:04 PTG, and MYR amounts like RM 1,234,567.89. Text runs right to left.

Number1,234,567.891decimal “.” group “,”
Short date27/03/26d/MM/yy
Short time3:04 PTGh:mm a
Currency (MYR)RM 1,234,567.89
DirectionRTLArabic
Plural forms1other

Overview

Name
Malay (Arabic)
Native name
Melayu
Language
Malay ms
Script
Arabic Arab
Region
🇲🇾 Malaysia MY (implied)
Maximized tag
ms-Latn-MY
Direction
Right to left
Fallback chain
  • ms-Arab
  • ms
  • root
Data source
Own CLDR data

Formatting examples

Amounts in MYR, using the sample value 1234567.891 and March 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC.

Number
1,234,567.891
Percent
45.7%
Currency (MYR)
RM 1,234,567.89
Accounting
(RM 1,234,567.89)
Currency, name
1,234,567.89 Ringgit Malaysia
Compact short
1.2J
Compact long
1.2 juta
Scientific
1.235E6
Speed
88 kilometer sejam
Temperature
21.5°C
Date, full
Jumaat, 27 Mac 2026
Date, long
27 Mac 2026
Date, medium
27 Mac 2026
Date, short
27/03/26
Time, medium
3:04:05 PTG
Time, short
3:04 PTG
Date and time
27 Mac 2026, 3:04 PTG
Month and year
Mac 2026
Weekday
Jumaat
Relative time
semalam · dalam 3 hari · 2 jam lalu
List: and
A, B dan C
List: or
A, B, atau C

Numbers

Numbering system
latn 0123456789
Minimum grouping digits
1
Decimal pattern
#,##0.###
Percent pattern
#,##0%
Currency pattern
¤#,##0.00
Accounting pattern
¤#,##0.00;(¤#,##0.00)

Symbols

Decimal.
Grouping,
List separator;
Percent%
Per mille‰
Plus+
Minus-
ExponentE
Infinity∞
NaNNaN
Time separator:

Date and time patterns

Date, full
EEEE، d MMMM y
Date, long
d MMMM y
Date, medium
dd/MM/y
Date, short
d/MM/yy
Time, full
h:mm:ss a zzzz
Time, long
h:mm:ss a z
Time, medium
h:mm:ss a
Time, short
h:mm a
Date and time
{1} {0}
Skeleton yMd
d/M/y
Skeleton yMMMd
d MMM y
Skeleton yMMMEd
E، d MMM y
Skeleton yM
M-y
Skeleton yMMM
MMM y
Skeleton MMMd
d MMM
Skeleton Md
d-M
Skeleton Hm
HH:mm
Skeleton Hms
HH:mm:ss
Skeleton hm
h:mm a
Skeleton hms
h:mm:ss a
Skeleton yQQQ
QQQ y
AM / PM
AM / PM
Eras
BCE / CE

Month and weekday names

Months

  • M01 M01
  • M02 M02
  • M03 M03
  • M04 M04
  • M05 M05
  • M06 M06
  • M07 M07
  • M08 M08
  • M09 M09
  • M10 M10
  • M11 M11
  • M12 M12

Weekdays

  • Sun Sun · S
  • Mon Mon · M
  • Tue Tue · T
  • Wed Wed · W
  • Thu Thu · T
  • Fri Fri · F
  • Sat Sat · S

Plural rules

Cardinal

CategoryRuleExamples
other(everything else)0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, …

Ordinal

CategoryRuleExamples
onen = 11
other(everything else)0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, …

Punctuation and alphabet

Quotation marks
”text“ nested ’text‘
List pattern
{0}, {1} … {0}, {1}
Exemplar letters
ء آ أ ؤ إ ئ ا ب ة ت ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ڠ ف ڤ ق ك ک ݢ ل م ن ڽ ه و ۏ ى ي
Auxiliary letters
ڬ ۑ