"ringgit" meaning in Malay

See ringgit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [riŋ.ɡet] Audio: LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-ringgit.wav Forms: ريڠݢيت [Jawi], hingget [alternative, Malaysia, nonstandard]
Rhymes: -ɡet, -et Etymology: From gerigi (“jagged”), from gigi (“tooth”), referring to the edges of the Spanish dollar. Head templates: {{head|ms|noun|Jawi spelling|ريڠݢيت}} ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)
  1. The Malaysian ringgit.
    Sense id: en-ringgit-ms-noun-1fbL5UNh
  2. The Brunei or Singapore dollar. Synonyms: dolar
    Sense id: en-ringgit-ms-noun-LahPDI7h Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 23 38 10 28
  3. (historical, Indonesia) A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia. Tags: Indonesia, historical
    Sense id: en-ringgit-ms-noun-zJpHncfw Categories (other): Indonesian Malay, Currency Disambiguation of Currency: 2 19 77 2
  4. Jags found on a jagged wheel (of a fire lighter wheel, etc.). Synonyms: gerigi, rigi-rigi
    Sense id: en-ringgit-ms-noun-TVW3moxD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ringgit Brunei, Ringgit Malaysia, Ringgit Singapura Related terms: sen

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ringgit Brunei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ringgit Malaysia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ringgit Singapura"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "ringgit"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: ringgit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: ringgit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "林吉特",
            "3": "令吉",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr1": "-",
            "tr2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ringgit",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ringgit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ringgit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ban",
            "2": "ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄",
            "sml": "1",
            "tr": "ringgit"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gerigi (“jagged”), from gigi (“tooth”), referring to the edges of the Spanish dollar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ريڠݢيت",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hingget",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Malaysia",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "Jawi spelling",
        "4": "ريڠݢيت"
      },
      "expansion": "ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ring",
        "git"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Malaysian ringgit."
      ],
      "id": "en-ringgit-ms-noun-1fbL5UNh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Malaysian",
          "Malaysian"
        ],
        [
          "ringgit",
          "ringgit#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 38 10 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Brunei or Singapore dollar."
      ],
      "id": "en-ringgit-ms-noun-LahPDI7h",
      "links": [
        [
          "Brunei",
          "Brunei"
        ],
        [
          "Singapore",
          "Singapore"
        ],
        [
          "dollar",
          "dollar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dolar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Indonesian Malay",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 19 77 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Currency",
          "orig": "ms:Currency",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia."
      ],
      "id": "en-ringgit-ms-noun-zJpHncfw",
      "links": [
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
        ],
        [
          "silver",
          "silver"
        ],
        [
          "worth",
          "worth"
        ],
        [
          "rupiah",
          "rupiah"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "during",
          "during"
        ],
        [
          "Dutch",
          "Dutch"
        ],
        [
          "colonization",
          "colonization"
        ],
        [
          "Indonesia",
          "Indonesia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Indonesia) A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Indonesia",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Jags found on a jagged wheel (of a fire lighter wheel, etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ringgit-ms-noun-TVW3moxD",
      "links": [
        [
          "Jags",
          "jag"
        ],
        [
          "found",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "jagged",
          "jagged"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gerigi"
        },
        {
          "word": "rigi-rigi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[riŋ.ɡet]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-ringgit.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɡet"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-et"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ringgit"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/et",
    "Rhymes:Malay/et/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/ɡet",
    "ms:Currency"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ringgit Brunei"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ringgit Malaysia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ringgit Singapura"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "ringgit"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: ringgit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: ringgit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "林吉特",
            "3": "令吉",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr1": "-",
            "tr2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ringgit",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ringgit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ringgit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ban",
            "2": "ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄",
            "sml": "1",
            "tr": "ringgit"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gerigi (“jagged”), from gigi (“tooth”), referring to the edges of the Spanish dollar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ريڠݢيت",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hingget",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Malaysia",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "Jawi spelling",
        "4": "ريڠݢيت"
      },
      "expansion": "ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ring",
        "git"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Malaysian ringgit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Malaysian",
          "Malaysian"
        ],
        [
          "ringgit",
          "ringgit#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Brunei or Singapore dollar."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Brunei",
          "Brunei"
        ],
        [
          "Singapore",
          "Singapore"
        ],
        [
          "dollar",
          "dollar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dolar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Indonesian Malay",
        "Malay terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
        ],
        [
          "silver",
          "silver"
        ],
        [
          "worth",
          "worth"
        ],
        [
          "rupiah",
          "rupiah"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "during",
          "during"
        ],
        [
          "Dutch",
          "Dutch"
        ],
        [
          "colonization",
          "colonization"
        ],
        [
          "Indonesia",
          "Indonesia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Indonesia) A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Indonesia",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Jags found on a jagged wheel (of a fire lighter wheel, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Jags",
          "jag"
        ],
        [
          "found",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "jagged",
          "jagged"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gerigi"
        },
        {
          "word": "rigi-rigi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[riŋ.ɡet]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-ringgit.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-ringgit.wav/LL-Q9237_%28msa%29-GinormousBuildings-ringgit.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɡet"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-et"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ringgit"
}

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