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piastre in Arabic

قِرْش qirš

UK/piˈæstə/US/piˈæstɚ/

piastre in Arabic: قِرْش (qirš). In English, piastre means a coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.

Arabic words for piastre

historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin
قِرْش qirš

English meaning of piastre

  1. noun A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
  2. noun A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
  3. noun A dollar.

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Questions about piastre in Arabic

What is the meaning of piastre in Arabic?
Piastre in Arabic is قِرْش (qirš).
ما معنى كلمة piastre؟
Piastre: قِرْش (qirš).
What does piastre mean in English?
Piastre means a coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piastre (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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