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Etymology

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From Malay tahil.

Noun

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tahil (plural tahils)

  1. Alternative form of tael

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay tahil.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tahil]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧hil

Noun

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tahil (first-person possessive tahilku, second-person possessive tahilmu, third-person possessive tahilnya)

  1. tael: a traditional unit of weight, equal 3.7 grams.
    Synonym: bungkal

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Noun

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tahil (Jawi spelling تاهيل, plural tahil-tahil, informal 1st possessive tahilku, 2nd possessive tahilmu, 3rd possessive tahilnya)

  1. tael (all senses)

Descendants

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  • English: tahil, tael
  • Indonesian: tahil
  • Portuguese: tael

References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تاهل tahil”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 74
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تاهل tahil”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 196
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tahil”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 515

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