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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 (tiffin carrier) 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
Noun
tingkat (plural tingkat-tingkat)
- level
- the same position or rank.
- a floor of a multi-storey building.
- rank (level of something)
- Synonym: pangkat
- class (level of something)
- Synonym: kelas
- floor
- rate
- tingkat pengangguran ― unemployment rate
- Synonym: angka
- storey, story: a floor or level of a building or ship.
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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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