Arabic to Malay translator
Arabic to Malay translation starts in the box below: paste Arabic, say which dialect it is written in, and get Bahasa Melayu. The tool also repeats your Arabic with full harakat and a Latin transliteration, so you can read the original. Free, no account, nothing stored.
Translations are generated by an AI model and can be wrong; the Standard Arabic line is there so you can compare. Up to 1000 characters at a time.
What you get on this page
- Arabic into Malay from Standard Arabic, Gulf, Saudi, Egyptian, Levantine, Iraqi or Moroccan text.
- Your Arabic repeated with vowel marks, which turns a bare line of text into something you can recite.
- A Latin transliteration and a Listen button that reads the Arabic with your device's voice.
- Up to 1,000 characters per request; swap the arrow for Malay to Arabic.
Why Arabic to Malay is tricky
Malay readers often know Arabic letters from Jawi and the Quran and recognize dozens of loanwords, so an Arabic text looks approachable. Then the vowels are missing, the words are in forms Malay never borrowed, and the verb does things Malay verbs never do.
- One spelling, several words. كتب is kataba (he wrote), kutub (books) or kutiba (was written) depending on vowels nobody writes; the model chooses from context and prints its reading on the harakat line.
- Borrowed words have drifted. Arabic كِتَاب (kitaab) is any book, not only a religious kitab; مَدْرَسَة (madrasa) is any school, not only a madrasah; عِلْم (3ilm) is "knowledge" or "science", wider than ilmu in many sentences.
- Dialects. Egyptian عَايِز (3aayiz, I want), Saudi أَبْغَى (abgha) and Levantine بِدِّي (biddee) all mean the same thing and none is Standard Arabic; select the dialect and they are read correctly.
- Grammar carried by the verb. Arabic packs person, gender and tense into the verb; Malay unpacks them into separate words (saya, sudah, akan), which the model has to supply.
Example sentences
| Arabic (MSA) | Pronunciation | Malay | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ | as-salaamu 3alaykum | Assalamualaikum | Peace be upon you |
| أَنَا طَالِبٌ | ana taalib (m.) | Saya seorang pelajar | I am a student |
| أَيْنَ المَسْجِدُ؟ | ayna l-masjid? | Di mana masjid? | Where is the mosque? |
| الطَّعَامُ لَذِيذٌ | at-ta3aamu ladheedh | Makanan ini sedap | The food is delicious |
| أَنَا مُتْعَبٌ | ana mut3ab (m.) | Saya penat | I am tired |
| هَلْ هَذَا حَلَالٌ؟ | hal haadhaa 7alaal? | Adakah ini halal? | Is this halal? |
| كَمِ السَّاعَةُ الآنَ؟ | kami s-saa3atu l-aan? | Pukul berapa sekarang? | What time is it now? |
| أُرِيدُ مَاءً | ureedu maa'an | Saya mahu air | I want water |
| شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا | shukran jazeelan | Terima kasih banyak | Thank you very much |
| مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ | ma3a s-salaama | Selamat tinggal | Goodbye |
Tips for better results
Keep Standard Arabic for Quranic, religious and printed text; pick Saudi or Gulf for messages from the Gulf, Egyptian for Egypt. Paste whole sentences; a single unvoweled word has too many readings. Arabic typed in Latin letters and digits (ana 3arabi, in sha Allah) is understood as it is. For the other direction open Malay to Arabic and keep the same dialect; Indonesian readers can use Indonesian to Arabic with the swap arrow. The Arabic to English page helps when the English meaning is easier to check, and Arabic transliteration explains the Latin letters under every result.
Frequently asked questions
Does Google Translate do Arabic to Malay?
Yes, for Standard Arabic. It has no dialect setting and does not return your Arabic with vowels or in Latin letters; this page does both. Both are machine translation.
Is there an Arabic to Malay dictionary on this page?
Not a list of entries, but one Arabic word pasted into the box returns its Malay meaning, its voweled spelling and its pronunciation.
Can I paste Arabic without harakat?
Yes, that is the normal case. The translation comes back together with your text voweled, so you can see how each word was read.
Does it translate into Indonesian as well?
Yes; choose Indonesian as the target language. Malay and Indonesian differ in spelling and some everyday words, so pick the one your reader uses.
Is the Arabic to Malay translator free?
Yes, with a daily free limit shared by the whole site. No account, and nothing is stored.