tingkat

From Malay tingkat.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈt˭ɪŋk˭ɑt/, [ˈt˭ɪŋ˧k˭ät˦]

tingkat (usually uncountable, plural tingkats)

(informal, Singapore)

1. Tiffin container
   • 2012 March 18, Eunice Quek, “Taste of home”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 21:

     He suspected something was different with his tingkat (tiffin carrier) meal one week, after tasting the dishes.

2. (metonymic, uncountable) Home-cooked meals from a home delivery and catering service.

From Malay tingkat (“floor”), from Classical Malay tingkat. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪŋkat]
• Hyphenation: ting‧kat
• Rhymes: -at

tingkat (plural tingkat-tingkat)

1. level

   Synonyms: aras, jenjang, level, tataran

   1. the same position or rank
   2. a floor of a multi-storey building
2. rank (level of something)

   Synonyms: pangkat, peringkat, tataran

3. class (level of something)

   Synonym: kelas

4. floor

   Synonym: lantai

5. rate

   tingkat pengangguran ― unemployment rate

   Synonyms: angka, jumlah, takat

6. storey, story: a floor or level of a building or ship

   Synonym: lantai

7. synonym of fase^[1]

• tk. (abbreviation)

• “tingkat”, 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /tiŋ.kat/
• Rhymes: -ŋkat, -kat, -at

tingkat (Jawi spelling تيڠکت, plural tingkat-tingkat or tingkat²)

1. floor, storey
2. level
3. (Singapore) ellipsis of mangkuk tingkat (“tiffin container”)

• Indonesian: tingkat
• → English: tingkat (Singapore)

• "tingkat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017