ringgit
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Malay ringgit (literally “jagged”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋɡɪt
Noun
ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)
- The currency of Malaysia
- 2009 January 20, Pinkowski, Jennifer, “Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking”, in The New York Times, A. G. Sulzberger, ISSN 0362-4331, OCLC 1645522:
- […] Malays at the famous Night Market speak with awe about the Chinese tourists who spend “a thousand ringgits a week just eating fish.”
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Translations
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Anagrams
- girting
French
Noun
ringgit m (plural ringgits)
- ringgit (the currency of Malaysia)
Further reading
- “ringgit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ringgit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɪŋɡɪt̚]
- Hyphenation: ring‧git
Noun
ringgit (first-person possessive ringgitku, second-person possessive ringgitmu, third-person possessive ringgitnya)
- ringgit: The currency of Malaysia.
- (historical) the two-and-a-half silver guilder; two-and-a-half rupiah.
Noun
ringgit (first-person possessive ringgitku, second-person possessive ringgitmu, third-person possessive ringgitnya)
- notch, serration.
- Synonym: rigi-rigi
Derived terms
- beringgit
- beringgit-ringgit
- meringgiti
Further reading
- “ringgit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From gerigi (“jagged”), from gigi (“tooth”), referring to the edges of the Spanish dollar.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /riŋɡet/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /riŋɡɪt/
- Rhymes: -iŋɡet, -ɡet, -et
Adjective
ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)
- jagged
Noun
ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت, plural ringgit-ringgit, informal 1st possessive ringgitku, 2nd possessive ringgitmu, 3rd possessive ringgitnya)
- ringgit (currency)
- The Brunei or Singapore dollar
Descendants
- Indonesian: ringgit
- → Chinese: 林吉特
- → Chinese: 令吉
See also
- sen
References
- Eong Sim Ewe (1974), “Ringgit”, in Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 47, issue 1 (225), pages 58–65
Further reading
- “ringgit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Noun
ringgit m (plural ringgits)
- ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)
Spanish
Noun
ringgit m (plural ringgits)
- ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay ringgit.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ring‧git
- IPA(key): /ˈɾiŋɡit/, [ˈɾiŋ.ɡɪt]
Noun
ringgit
- ringgit (currency)