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

   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.”

Usage notes

Before 1993, the ringgit was represented by the dollar sign ($ or M$), reflecting its pre-1975 English name "Malaysian dollar". From 1993 onwards, the abbreviation "RM" (ringgit Malaysia, "Malaysian ringgit") is used to represent the currency.

In spite of these historical changes, in colloquial speech, "dollar" is still used to refer to Malaysian ringgit.

Translations

currency

• Arabic: رِينْغِيت m (rinḡīt)

  Hijazi Arabic: رِنْقِت m (ringit)

• Balinese: ringgit
• 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), 塊 / 块 (zh) (kuài) (Malaysia, colloquial, slang)

• Dusun:

  Central Dusun: ringgit

• Finnish: ringgit (fi)
• French: ringgit (fr) m
• German: Ringgit m
• Hindi: रिंगित (riṅgit)
• 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)

• Melanau:

  Central Melanau: rigit

• Norwegian: ringgit m
• Portuguese: ringgit m
• Rohingya: ringgít
• Russian: рингги́т (ru) m (ringgít)
• Spanish: ringgit (es) m
• Thai: ริงกิต (ring-gìt)
• Ukrainian: рингі́т (rynhít)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

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

Usage notes

Before 1993, the ringgit was represented by the dollar sign ($ or M$), reflecting its pre-1975 English name "Malaysian dollar". From 1993 onwards, the abbreviation "RM" (ringgit Malaysia) is used to represent the currency.

Affixations

• beringgit
• beringgit-ringgit
• ringgiti

Compounds

• Ringgit Brunei
• Ringgit Malaysia
• Ringgit Singapura

Descendants

• Indonesian: ringgit
• → Arabic: رِينْغِيت (rīnḡīt)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)
• → Chinese: 林吉特 (línjítè), 令吉 (lìngjí)
• → Central Dusun: ringgit
• → English: ringgit
• → French: ringgit
• → German: Ringgit
• → Hindi: रिंगित (riṅgit)
• → Japanese: リンギット (ringitto)
• → Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)
• → Khmer: រីងហ្គីត (riinggiit)
• → Korean: 링깃 (ringgit)
• → Lun Bawang: rigit
• → Central Melanau: rigit
• → Portuguese: ringgit
• → Russian: рингги́т (ringgít)
• → Spanish: ringgit
• → Tagalog: ringgit
• → Thai: ริงกิต (ring-gìt)
• → Ukrainian: рингі́т (rynhít)

See also

• sen

Further reading

• "ringgit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "ringgit" at PRPM first version)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

Further reading

• “ringgit”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrinɡit/ [ˈrĩŋ.ɡit̪]
• Rhymes: -inɡit
• Syllabification: ring‧git

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.ɡ̠ɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -iŋɡit
• Syllabification: ring‧git

Noun

ringgit (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. ringgit (currency)