ringgit

English

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^[2], 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

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

Malay

Alternative forms

• hingget (Malaysia, nonstandard)

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] (in Malay), 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)