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aba·si
variants:
or abbasi \ ə-ˈbä-sē 
\ or less commonly abaze \ ə-ˈbä-ze \
\ or less commonly abaze \ ə-ˈbä-ze \ plural abasi or abasis or abbasi or abbasis also abaze or abazes
Definition of abasi
1 : an Afghan yellow bronze coin equivalent to four shahi that was issued between 1921 and 1923
2 : an Afghan unit of value for postage stamps
one-abasi stamps two-abasi stamps
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The first known use of abasi was circa 1922
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