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Ottoman Turkishinchesyard




An arşın (Ottoman Turkish آرشين or آرشون[1]) is an old Turkish unit of length, about 27 inches long.[2]


The word means 'arm' and thus the measure corresponds to a yard.



See also



  • arş, the Ottoman cubit




Notes



  1. ^ Diran Kélékian, Dictionnaire Turc-Français, Constantinople: Imprimerie Mihran, 1911


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