arshin

English

Alternative forms

archeen, archin, archine, arsheen, arshine

Etymology

From Russian арши́н (aršín), from Ottoman Turkish آرشون / آرشین (arşın) (Turkish arşın).

Noun

arshin (plural arshins)

An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.

Synonyms

Russian cubit

Translations

a Russian unit of length

Armenian: արշին (hy) (aršin)
Bashkir: аршын (arşın)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾申／阿尔申 (ā'ěrshēn), 俄尺 (échǐ)
Chuvash: аршӑн (arš̬ăn)
Crimean Tatar: tirsek
Esperanto: arŝino
Finnish: arsina (fi)
French: archine (fr) f
Kalmyk: арчм (arçm)
Kazakh: аршын (arşyn), кез (kez)
Malay: arsyin
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} āрсын (ārsyn)
Polish: arszyn m
Portuguese: archina f, archine m
Romanian: arșin (ro) m
Russian: арши́н (ru) m (aršín)
Swedish: arsjin
Tatar: аршын (tt) (arşın)
Turkish: arşın (tr)
Turkmen: arçyn (tk)
Yakut: арсыын (arsıın)

See also

Appendix:Weights and measures

Anagrams

arsinh, shairn, sharin'

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