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zalat
noun
Definition of zalat
zalat
: a bronze coin of Yemen equal to 1⁄160 rial and minted in the 1920s
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Origin and Etymology of zalat
borrowed from Yemeni Arabic zalaṭ “money, coin equivalent to a fraction of a rial”
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