syiling

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English shilling, from Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃi.leŋ]
  • Rhymes: -liŋ, -iŋ
  • Hyphenation: syi‧ling

Noun

syiling (Jawi spelling شيليڠ, plural syiling-syiling)

  1. A metallic piece of currency; a coin.
  2. (historical) A former British coin equal to 1/20 of a pound or five pence; a shilling.

Compounds

  • duit syilling (“a coin”)

Further reading

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