tahil

From Malay tahil.

tahil (plural tahils)

1. Alternative form of tael.

• thali, laith, Litha, Lahti, lathi, thial, Thali, tahli, Laith

Inherited from Malay tahil, from Old Javanese tahil (“a particular weight, esp. of gold and silver; a kind of tax or tribute”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

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

tahil (plural tahil-tahil)

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

   Synonym: bungkal

• “tahil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Old Javanese tahil (“a particular weight, esp. of gold and silver; a kind of tax or tribute”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tahel/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tahɪl/
• Rhymes: -ahel, -hel, -el

tahil (Jawi spelling تاهيل, plural tahil-tahil)

1. tael (all senses)

• 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

• “tahil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.