beshlik

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noun

A silver coin of the Ottoman Empire.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounbeshlik (plural beshliks)

plural beshliks

  1. historicalA silver coin of the Ottoman Empire.

Origin

  1. Turkishbeşlik
  2. Englishbeshlik

From Turkish beşlik.

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