ringgit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡɪt

Noun

ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)

1. The currency of Malaysia
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     […] 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: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (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

Anagrams

• girting

Balinese

Romanization

ringgit

1. Romanization of ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁin.ɡit/
• 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

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ringgit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ringgit (uncountable)

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, 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

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [riŋ.ɡet]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɡet, -et
• Hyphenation: ring‧git

Noun

ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)

1. The Malaysian ringgit.
2. The Brunei or Singapore dollar.

   Synonym: dolar

3. (historical, Indonesia) A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia.
4. Jags found on a jagged wheel (of a fire lighter wheel, etc.).

   Synonyms: gerigi, rigi-rigi

Affixations

• beringgit
• beringgit-ringgit
• ringgiti

Compounds

• Ringgit Brunei
• Ringgit Malaysia
• Ringgit Singapura

Descendants

• Indonesian: ringgit
• → Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉
• → English: ringgit
• → Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)
• → Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)

See also

• sen

Further reading

• “ringgit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

Spanish

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

Sundanese

Noun

ringgit or ᮛᮤᮀᮌᮤᮒ᮪ • (ringgit)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)
2. (historical, numismatics) Spanish dollar (former currency unit of Spain); piece of eight

   Synonym: pasmat

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiŋɡit/ [ˈɾiŋ.ɡɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -iŋɡit
• Syllabification: ring‧git

Noun

ringgit (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. ringgit (currency)