diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/spec/search/NamedArgRewriter.java b/api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/spec/search/NamedArgRewriter.java
index 8627a76f2cf..d4b8b4d8b51 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/spec/search/NamedArgRewriter.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/spec/search/NamedArgRewriter.java
@@ -5,16 +5,24 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.sql.api.spec.search;
 
+import static org.apache.calcite.sql.fun.SqlStdOperatorTable.ARRAY_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR;
+import static org.apache.calcite.sql.fun.SqlStdOperatorTable.CAST;
+import static org.apache.calcite.sql.fun.SqlStdOperatorTable.MAP_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR;
+import static org.apache.calcite.sql.type.SqlTypeName.VARCHAR;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlBasicTypeNameSpec;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall;
+import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlDataTypeSpec;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlIdentifier;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlKind;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlLiteral;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode;
-import org.apache.calcite.sql.fun.SqlStdOperatorTable;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos;
+import org.apache.calcite.sql.type.SqlTypeName;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.util.SqlShuttle;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 import org.opensearch.sql.api.spec.UnifiedFunctionSpec;
@@ -42,34 +50,69 @@ public final class NamedArgRewriter extends SqlShuttle {
 
   /**
    * Rewrites each argument into a MAP entry. For match(name, 'John', operator='AND'):
-   * <li>Positional arg: name → MAP('field', name)
    * <li>Named arg: operator='AND' → MAP('operator', 'AND')
+   * <li>Positional arg: name → MAP('field', name)
+   * <li>ARRAY arg: ARRAY['f1','f2'] → MAP('fields', MAP(CAST('f1' AS VARCHAR), 1, ...))
    */
   private static SqlCall rewriteToMaps(SqlCall call, List<String> paramNames) {
     List<SqlNode> operands = call.getOperandList();
     SqlNode[] maps = new SqlNode[operands.size()];
     for (int i = 0; i < operands.size(); i++) {
       SqlNode op = operands.get(i);
-      if (op instanceof SqlCall eq && op.getKind() == SqlKind.EQUALS) {
-        SqlNode key = eq.operand(0);
-        String name =
-            key instanceof SqlIdentifier ident
-                ? ident.getSimple()
-                : key.toString(); // avoid backtick-decorated keys for reserved words
-        maps[i] = toMap(name, eq.operand(1));
-      } else {
+      if (isNamedArg(op)) {
+        maps[i] = namedArgToMap((SqlCall) op);
+      } else { // Positional arg
         if (i >= paramNames.size()) {
           throw new IllegalArgumentException(
               String.format("Invalid arguments for function '%s'", call.getOperator().getName()));
+        } else if (isArrayArg(op)) {
+          maps[i] = map(paramNames.get(i), arrayArgToMap((SqlCall) op));
+        } else {
+          maps[i] = map(paramNames.get(i), op);
         }
-        maps[i] = toMap(paramNames.get(i), op);
       }
     }
     return call.getOperator().createCall(call.getParserPosition(), maps);
   }
 
-  private static SqlNode toMap(String key, SqlNode value) {
-    return SqlStdOperatorTable.MAP_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR.createCall(
+  private static boolean isNamedArg(SqlNode node) {
+    return node instanceof SqlCall && node.getKind() == SqlKind.EQUALS;
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isArrayArg(SqlNode node) {
+    return node instanceof SqlCall call && call.getOperator() == ARRAY_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR;
+  }
+
+  private static SqlNode namedArgToMap(SqlCall eq) {
+    SqlNode key = eq.operand(0);
+    String name =
+        key instanceof SqlIdentifier ident
+            ? ident.getSimple()
+            : key.toString(); // avoid backtick-decorated keys for reserved words
+    return map(name, eq.operand(1));
+  }
+
+  private static SqlNode arrayArgToMap(SqlCall arrayCall) {
+    List<SqlNode> mapArgs = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (SqlNode element : arrayCall.getOperandList()) {
+      mapArgs.add(cast(element, VARCHAR));
+      mapArgs.add(SqlLiteral.createApproxNumeric("1.0", SqlParserPos.ZERO));
+    }
+    return map(mapArgs);
+  }
+
+  private static SqlNode cast(SqlNode node, SqlTypeName type) {
+    SqlDataTypeSpec typeSpec =
+        new SqlDataTypeSpec(new SqlBasicTypeNameSpec(type, SqlParserPos.ZERO), SqlParserPos.ZERO);
+    return CAST.createCall(SqlParserPos.ZERO, node, typeSpec);
+  }
+
+  private static SqlNode map(String key, SqlNode value) {
+    return MAP_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR.createCall(
         SqlParserPos.ZERO, SqlLiteral.createCharString(key, SqlParserPos.ZERO), value);
   }
+
+  private static SqlNode map(List<SqlNode> kvPairs) {
+    return MAP_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR.createCall(SqlParserPos.ZERO, kvPairs.toArray(SqlNode[]::new));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/UnifiedRelevanceSearchSqlTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/UnifiedRelevanceSearchSqlTest.java
index 66df9c2e075..3a12405e636 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/UnifiedRelevanceSearchSqlTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/api/UnifiedRelevanceSearchSqlTest.java
@@ -145,6 +145,42 @@ SELECT upper(name) FROM catalog.employees\
   // FIXME: Calcite's SQL parser does not support V2 bracket field list syntax ['field1', 'field2'].
   //  Multi-field relevance functions only accept a single column reference in the Calcite SQL path.
 
+  @Test
+  public void testMultiMatchArraySyntax() {
+    givenQuery(
+            """
+            SELECT * FROM catalog.employees
+            WHERE multi_match(ARRAY['name', 'department'], 'John')\
+            """)
+        .assertPlanContains(
+            "multi_match(MAP('fields', MAP('name':VARCHAR, 1.0E0:DOUBLE,"
+                + " 'department':VARCHAR, 1.0E0:DOUBLE)), MAP('query', 'John'))");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSimpleQueryStringArraySyntax() {
+    givenQuery(
+            """
+            SELECT * FROM catalog.employees
+            WHERE simple_query_string(ARRAY['name', 'department'], 'John')\
+            """)
+        .assertPlanContains(
+            "simple_query_string(MAP('fields', MAP('name':VARCHAR, 1.0E0:DOUBLE,"
+                + " 'department':VARCHAR, 1.0E0:DOUBLE)), MAP('query', 'John'))");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testQueryStringArraySyntax() {
+    givenQuery(
+            """
+            SELECT * FROM catalog.employees
+            WHERE query_string(ARRAY['name', 'department'], 'John')\
+            """)
+        .assertPlanContains(
+            "query_string(MAP('fields', MAP('name':VARCHAR, 1.0E0:DOUBLE,"
+                + " 'department':VARCHAR, 1.0E0:DOUBLE)), MAP('query', 'John'))");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testMultiMatchBracketSyntaxNotSupported() {
     givenInvalidQuery(