طسوج

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (tasūg), equivalent to Classical Persian تسو (tasū).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤas.suːd͡ʒ/

Noun

طَسُّوج • (ṭassūj) m (plural طَسَاسِيج (ṭasāsīj))

  1. a weight measure being 124 of a مِثْقَال (miṯqāl), 1.8 grams, from the Safavids in the 16th century 0.195 gram, equalling the later Egyptian a قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ)

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