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medjidie

medjidie noun: a coin of the Ottoman Empire, worth twenty piasters.

Noun

medjidie (plural medjidies)

  1. (historical) A coin of the Ottoman Empire, worth twenty piasters.

Proper noun capitalized: Medjidie

Medjidie

  1. (historical) A Turkish order of knighthood instituted in 1852, having five classes.

Forms of medjidie

pluralmedjidies

Origin of medjidie

From Ottoman Turkish مجیدیه (mecidiye), most likely through French medjidié, the adjectival form of the personal name Mecid, from Arabic مَجِيد (majīd, “glorious”)

Questions about medjidie

What does medjidie mean?
Medjidie means a coin of the Ottoman Empire, worth twenty piasters.
What part of speech is medjidie?
Medjidie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of medjidie?
The plural of medjidie is medjidies.

Words near medjidie in the dictionary

  1. mediëval
  2. medjed
  3. medjeds
  4. Medjerda River
  5. Medjez el Bab
  6. medjidie
  7. medjidieh
  8. medjidiehs
  9. medjidies
  10. medjidite
  11. Medjimurye

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