ringgit

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡɪt

ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)

1. The currency of Malaysia
   • 2009 January 20, Jennifer Pinkowski, “Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking”, in The New York Times‎, A. G. Sulzberger, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     […] Malays at the famous Night Market speak with awe about the Chinese tourists who spend “a thousand ringgits a week just eating fish.”

• girting

ringgit

1. Romanization of ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄

• IPA^(key): /ʁin.ɡit/
• Rhymes: -it

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (the currency of Malaysia)

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

From Malay ringgit.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɪŋɡɪt̚]
• Hyphenation: ring‧git

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.

ringgit (first-person possessive ringgitku, second-person possessive ringgitmu, third-person possessive ringgitnya)

1. notch, serration.

   Synonym: rigi-rigi

• “ringgit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ringgit

1. Romanization of ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀

From gerigi (“jagged”), from gigi (“tooth”), referring to the edges of the Spanish dollar.[1]

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /riŋɡet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /riŋɡɪt/
• Rhymes: -iŋɡet, -ɡet, -et
• Rhymes: -it

ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)

1. jagged

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

• Indonesian: ringgit
• → Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉
• → Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)
• → Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)

• sen

• “ringgit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

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

ringgit (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. ringgit (currency)