ringgit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

ringgit

Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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 , 2012.

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

ringgit

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Inherited from Malay ringgit.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ring‧git

ringgit (plural ringgit-ringgit)

1. ringgit: The currency of Malaysia
2. (historical) the two-and-a-half silver guilder; two-and-a-half rupiah
3. (literal) 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

• hingget (Malaysia, nonstandard)

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

• IPA^(key):

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ɡet, -et
• Hyphenation: ring‧git

ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)

1. The Malaysian ringgit.
2. The Brunei or Singapore dollar.

   Synonym: dolar

3. (historical, Indonesia) A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia.
4. Jags found on a jagged wheel (of a fire lighter wheel, etc.).

   Synonyms: gerigi, rigi-rigi

• Indonesian: ringgit
• → Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉
• → English: ringgit
• → 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)

ringgit or ᮛᮤᮀᮌᮤᮒ᮪ • (ringgit)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)
2. (historical, numismatics) Spanish dollar (former currency unit of Spain); piece of eight^[1]

   Synonym: pasmat

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiŋɡit/
• Rhymes: -iŋɡit
• Syllabification: ring‧git

ringgit (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. ringgit (currency)