Meanings
plural akçes · alternative akche · alternative akcheh
- historicalA silver coin minted during the Ottoman Empire, valued at one-third of a para.
The corvée is an archaic feature, absent from later statutes, but the notion that 50 akçes was the rate of compensation due for loss of tithes lingered.
2011, Christine Woodhead, editor, The Ottoman World1 more example
Worth the sum of two thousand two hundred akches, this is all a final gift to the said maiden if he fails to marry her within the appointed period of time.
1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 209
Origin
- Ottoman Turkishآقچه
- Englishakçe
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آقچه (akça, akçe) (compare Turkish akçe).
More words from Ottoman Turkish
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Bulgarian акче, аспра
- акче (akče)Ottoman silver coin
- аспра (aspra)Ottoman silver coin
Greek άσπρο
- άσπρο (áspro)Ottoman silver coin
Hungarian akcse
- akcseOttoman silver coin
Polish akcze
- akczeOttoman silver coin
Romanian accea
- acceaOttoman silver coin
Turkish akçe, akça
- akçeOttoman silver coin
- akçaOttoman silver coin
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