Where does “Keléng” come from?

Keléng (Semai) comes from Malay Keling, from Sanskrit कलिङ्ग — N. of a people and their country; an inhabitant...

Keléng (Semai): a person of Indian decent

Definitions

  1. a person of Indian decent

Ancestry of “Keléng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayKelingKling, a name applied to all immigrants from the Coromandel coast (but sometimes limited to Muslim immigrants from that coast, the others being called Hindu)
2Sanskritकलिङ्गN. of a people and their country; an inhabitant...
Every word from Sanskrit कलिङ्ग →Every word from Malay Keling →