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√QRŠ
1 ↗¹qirš . – 2 piaster – WehrCowan1979.
The Ar sg. qirš is a secondary formation from what was interpreted as a pl., namely qurūš, the standard unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire until 1844 (Tu ḳurūş). Originally, this word was not a pl. but a sg., derived from (Bohemian) G Groschen < Chech groš < lLat (dēnārius) grossus ‘thick dinar’ (> It grosso, Fr gros) (EI¹, Kluge2008). In the Ottoman Empire, the thick silver coin replaced the earlier akçe during the reign of Mustafa II. (1686-1697) (Nişanyan 23Dec2014). When also the ḳurūş was devaluated, it was made into a sub-devision of the ↗līraẗ (1 ₤ equalling 100 ḳurūş).
► qarraša, vb. II: †~ al-darāhim, compter les piastres (qurūš) qui se trouvent parmi l’argent (Dozy 1881): denom.; cf., however, also s.v. ↗qaraša_2.
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