ringgit

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡɪt

ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)

1. The currency of Malaysia
   • 2009 January 20, Pinkowski, Jennifer, “Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking”, in The New York Times‎, A. G. Sulzberger, ISSN 0362-4331, OCLC 1645522:

     […] 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 m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (the currency of Malaysia)

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

From Malay ringgit.

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

ringgit (first-person possessive ringgitku, second-person possessive ringgitmu, third-person possessive ringgitnya)

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

ringgit (first-person possessive ringgitku, second-person possessive ringgitmu, third-person possessive ringgitnya)

1. notch, serration.

   Synonym: rigi-rigi

• “ringgit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /riŋɡet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /riŋɡɪt/
• Rhymes: -iŋɡet, -ɡet, -et

ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت‎)

1. jagged

ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت‎, plural ringgit-ringgit, informal 1st possessive ringgitku, 2nd possessive ringgitmu, 3rd possessive ringgitnya)

1. ringgit (currency)
2. The Brunei or Singapore dollar

• Indonesian: ringgit
• → Chinese: 林吉特
• → Chinese: 令吉

• 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)

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

• Hyphenation: ring‧git
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾiŋɡit/, [ˈɾiŋ.ɡɪt]

ringgit

1. ringgit (currency)