miskal

noun

mis·​kal

variants or less commonly miscal or mithkal

miˈskäl,

mithˈkäl

plural -s

1

: any of various units of weight of Muslim countries: such as

a

: a Persian unit equal to about 71 grains

b

: a Turkish unit equal to 74.2 grains

2

3

: a unit of value of former Chinese Turkestan

5, 4, 3, and 2 miskal silver coins struck 1900–11

Word History

Etymology

Turkish, Persian, & Arabic; Turkish miskal, from Persian misqāl, from colloquial Arabic misqāl (Ar mithqāl)

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