Malam
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Malam (Maal-amm) means One Who Has Knowledge of Directions.
The word first came to use when people from west India's coast went fishing or travelled across oceans to other countries. The captain was called Malam as he knew the right direction and took the vessel in that direction. Now malam is also used as the Surname/Last Name, in west India, in the Veraval city of Gujarat.
There are no written records of when this word was first used and where, but it is believed to have started to be used after people from Rajasthan came to Veraval city of Gujarat for fishing around 200 years ago.
Malam also means night in the Indonesian and Malay languages.
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