ringgit

ringgit

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay ringgit (literally “jagged”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡɪt

Noun

ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)

1. 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.”

Translations

currency

Arabic: رِينْغِيت‎ m (rinḡīt) Hijazi Arabic: رِنْقِت‎ m (ringit) Central Dusun: ringgit Central Melanau: rigit Chinese: Mandarin: 令吉 (zh) (lìngjí) (official name in Malaysia, also used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan), 林吉特 (línjítè) (used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan but not Malaysia or Singapore) Finnish: ringgit (fi) French: ringgit (fr) m German: Ringgit m Hindi: रिंगित (riṅgit), रिंग्गित (riṅggit) Indonesian: ringgit (id) Japanese: リンギット (ja) (ringitto), リンギ (ringi) Khmer: រីងហ្គីត (ringgiit) Korean: 링깃 (ringgit) Lun Bawang: rigit Malay: Jawi: ريڠݢيت‎ Rumi: ringgit Norwegian: ringgit m Portuguese: ringgit m Rohingya: ringgít Russian: рингги́т (ru) m (ringgít) Spanish: ringgit (es) m

Anagrams

• girting

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French

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (the currency of Malaysia)

Further reading

• “ringgit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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)

1. ringgit: The currency of Malaysia.
2. (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)

1. 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.

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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)

1. jagged

Noun

ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت‎, plural ringgit-ringgit, informal 1st possessive ringgitku, 2nd possessive ringgitmu, 3rd possessive ringgitnya)

1. ringgit (currency)
2. The Brunei or Singapore dollar

Descendants

• Indonesian: ringgit
• → Chinese: 林吉特
• → Chinese: 令吉

See also

• sen

References

1. 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.

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Portuguese

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

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Spanish

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ring‧git
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾiŋɡit/, [ˈɾiŋ.ɡɪt]

Noun

ringgit

1. ringgit (currency)