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pěrsinggahan bumi [Malay]

Pěrsinggahan bumi : a measure of length often met with in old romances, possibly a parasang (Pers. farsang); Ht. Sh. Kub. ; Ht. Hamz., 58 ; Ht. Gul. Bak., 24, 65. Persinggahan is also used of a rest house or temporary place of abode on a journey; Ht. Perb. Jaya; Ht. Ind. Jaya. The kindred word pasanggerahan is the Javanese and more common form of this word.

The author explains the citations' abbreviations as:

Ht. Sh. Kub. = Ḥikâyat Shâh Ḳubâd; MS.
Ht. Hamz. = Ḥikâyat Hamza; MS. Extracts from this work have been published in Holland, and the complete romance has been recently lithographed in Penang.
Ht. Gul. Bak. = Ḥikâyat Gul Bakuwali; printed, Singapore

Wilkinson, 1902, page 389.