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..14cd6852b1a 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 +5,21 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.sql.api.spec.search;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+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;
@@ -31,6 +36,10 @@ public final class NamedArgRewriter extends SqlShuttle {
 
   public static final NamedArgRewriter INSTANCE = new NamedArgRewriter();
 
+  private static final SqlDataTypeSpec VARCHAR_TYPE =
+      new SqlDataTypeSpec(
+          new SqlBasicTypeNameSpec(SqlTypeName.VARCHAR, SqlParserPos.ZERO), SqlParserPos.ZERO);
+
   @Override
   public @Nullable SqlNode visit(SqlCall call) {
     SqlCall visited = (SqlCall) super.visit(call);
@@ -44,6 +53,7 @@ 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>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();
@@ -62,12 +72,34 @@ private static SqlCall rewriteToMaps(SqlCall call, List<String> paramNames) {
           throw new IllegalArgumentException(
               String.format("Invalid arguments for function '%s'", call.getOperator().getName()));
         }
-        maps[i] = toMap(paramNames.get(i), op);
+        String paramName = paramNames.get(i);
+        if ("fields".equals(paramName)
+            && op instanceof SqlCall arrayCall
+            && arrayCall.getOperator() == SqlStdOperatorTable.ARRAY_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR) {
+          maps[i] = toMap(paramName, expandFieldsArray(arrayCall));
+        } else {
+          maps[i] = toMap(paramName, op);
+        }
       }
     }
     return call.getOperator().createCall(call.getParserPosition(), maps);
   }
 
+  /** Expands ARRAY['f1', 'f2'] into MAP(CAST('f1' AS VARCHAR), 1, CAST('f2' AS VARCHAR), 1). */
+  private static SqlNode expandFieldsArray(SqlCall arrayCall) {
+    List<SqlNode> mapArgs = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (SqlNode element : arrayCall.getOperandList()) {
+      mapArgs.add(castToVarchar(element));
+      mapArgs.add(SqlLiteral.createExactNumeric(BigDecimal.ONE.toPlainString(), SqlParserPos.ZERO));
+    }
+    return SqlStdOperatorTable.MAP_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR.createCall(
+        SqlParserPos.ZERO, mapArgs.toArray(SqlNode[]::new));
+  }
+
+  private static SqlNode castToVarchar(SqlNode node) {
+    return SqlStdOperatorTable.CAST.createCall(SqlParserPos.ZERO, node, VARCHAR_TYPE);
+  }
+
   private static SqlNode toMap(String key, SqlNode value) {
     return SqlStdOperatorTable.MAP_VALUE_CONSTRUCTOR.createCall(
         SqlParserPos.ZERO, SqlLiteral.createCharString(key, SqlParserPos.ZERO), value);
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..df65061aff2 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, 'department':VARCHAR, 1)),"
+                + " 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,"
+                + " 'department':VARCHAR, 1)), 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,"
+                + " 'department':VARCHAR, 1)), MAP('query', 'John'))");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testMultiMatchBracketSyntaxNotSupported() {
     givenInvalidQuery(