mithqal

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

    Etymology

    () From Arabic مطقال (miʈqāl) ‘weight, unit of weight’, from طقل (Taqala) ‘to weigh’.
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