English Explanatory Dictionary

mithqal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
  2. A coin originally having such a weight.

Pronunciation

/mɪθˈkɑːl/

Word forms

mithqal mithqals metical metikal miscal miskal mithkal mithqaal mitkal mitqal

Etymology

From Persian or Urdu مثقال (mesqâl), and their source, Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight, unit of weight”), from ثَقَلَ (ṯaqala, “to weigh”). Doublet of metical

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