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syiling

Pronunciation: [ʃi.leŋ]

“syiling” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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

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