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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay tanggah, from Persian تنگه (tenge, “tenge, a piece of gold or silver”), from Old Turkic teg (“as, as much as, equal”), teŋ (“equivalent, balanced”), teŋe- (“compare, measure”). Doublet of tenge.
Noun
tanggah (plural tanggah-tanggah)
- ancient Persian money
Etymology 2
Noun
tanggah (plural tanggah-tanggah)
- synonym of penanggah
References
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
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