Etymology

shahi

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Today it means: A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran. Full definition →

Classical Persian شَاهِی
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromشَاهِی
  2. English todayshahi

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهِی (šāhī).

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