Etymology

mithqal

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Today it means: A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals. Full definition →

Arabic مِثْقَال
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمِثْقَال“weight, unit of weight”
  2. English todaymithqal

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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