pelit

Probably from Sundanese pelit (“deceiving, fraudulent”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pəlit/
• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: pe‧lit

pelit

1. stingy; parsimonious

   Synonyms: bahil, lokèk, medit

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “pelit”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 345
• Crawfurd, J. (1852) “Pâlit”, in A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language, with a preliminary dissertation, volume II (in English), London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 130

pelit

1. nominative plural of peli

• pelti

Borrowed from Betawi pelit (“stingy”), probably from Sundanese pelit (“deceiving, fraudulent”).

pêlit (comparative lebih pelit, superlative paling pelit)

1. ungenerous, stingy, mean

   Synonyms: bakhil, kikir, lokek, kedekut, okok

• kepelitan
• terpelit

From Ottoman Turkish پلیت (“acorn”), from Arabic بلّوط (ballūṭ), from Aramaic בְּלוּטָא / ܒܠܘܛܐ (bəllūṭā, ballūṭā, “oak; acorn”).

pelit m

1. a strong, resilient, or sturdy person (by allusion to the toughness of an acorn)

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “pelít”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 425

pelit

1. dam

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Borrowed from French pélite.

pelit n (plural pelite)

1. pelite

From Ottoman Turkish پلیت (“acorn; valonia”), from Arabic بلّوط (ballūṭ).

pelit (definite accusative peliti, plural pelitler)

1. acorn

• palamut

• “pelit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu