ringgit

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

ringgit

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡɪt

Noun

ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)

1. The currency of Malaysia

   Synonym: (colloquial) dollar

   • 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.”

Translations

currency

Arabic: رِينْغِيت m (rinḡīt) Hijazi Arabic: رِنْقِت m (ringit) Balinese: ringgit Central Dusun: ringgit Central Melanau: rigit Chinese: Mandarin: 令吉 (zh) (lìngjí) (official name in Malaysia, also used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan), 林吉特 (zh) (línjítè) (used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan but not Malaysia or Singapore) Finnish: ringgit (fi) French: ringgit (fr) m German: Ringgit m Hindi: रिंगित (riṅgit), रिंग्गित (riṅggit) Indonesian: ringgit (id) Japanese: リンギット (ja) (ringitto), リンギ (ringi) Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) Khmer: រីងហ្គីត (ringgiit) Korean: 링깃 (ringgit) Lun Bawang: rigit Malay: Jawi: ريڠݢيت (ms) Rumi: ringgit (ms) Norwegian: ringgit m Portuguese: ringgit m Rohingya: ringgít Russian: рингги́т (ru) m (ringgít) Spanish: ringgit (es) m Thai: ริงกิต (ring-gìt)

Anagrams

• girting

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese riṅgit (“figure; wayang figure; wayang performance”). Semantic loan from Malay ringgit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riŋ.ɡɪt/
• Rhymes: -iŋɡɪt
• Hyphenation: ring‧git

Noun

ringgit (Balinese script ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄)

1. (alus mider) wayang
2. serrations on leaf decoration
3. one of the checki cards with a jagged image
4. Dutch East Indies coin worth IDR 2.50

Further reading

• “ringgit”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁin.ɡit/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -it

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (the currency of Malaysia)

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

ringgit

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ringgit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• beringgit
• beringgit-ringgit
• meringgiti

Further reading

• “ringgit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

ringgit

1. romanization of ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀