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English
Etymology
From Malay tingkat.
Pronunciation
Noun
tingkat (usually uncountable, plural tingkats)
(informal, Singapore)
- Tiffin container
2012 March 18, Eunice Quek, “Taste of home”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 21:He suspected something was different with his tingkat meal one week, after tasting the dishes.
- (metonymically, uncountable) Home-cooked meals from a home delivery and catering service.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tingkat (“floor”), from Classical Malay tingkat, from Minangkabau .
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ting‧kat
Noun
tingkat (first-person possessive tingkatku, second-person possessive tingkatmu, third-person possessive tingkatnya)
- (level of something)
- In the same position or rank; level.
- rank
- Synonym: pangkat
- class
- Synonym: kelas
- floor
- rate
- tingkat pengangguran ― unemployment rate
- Synonym: angka
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Malay
Etymology
Possibly from Minangkabau .
Pronunciation
Noun
tingkat (Jawi spelling تيڠکت, plural tingkat-tingkat, informal 1st possessive tingkatku, 2nd possessive tingkatmu, 3rd possessive tingkatnya)
- floor, storey
- level
- (Singapore) Ellipsis of mangkuk tingkat (“tiffin container”)
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