mithqal
/mɪθˈkɑːl/
mithqal noun: a unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
Noun
mithqal (plural mithqals)
- A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
- The Wazir brought him and the King said, "Give him a thousand miskals of gold from the treasury, and load him ten camels with goods for trade, and send him under escort to his own town."1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 13”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a...
- A coin originally having such a weight.
Forms of mithqal
| plural | mithqals |
|---|---|
| alternative form | metical |
| alternative form | metikal |
| alternative form | miscal |
| alternative form | miskal |
| alternative form | mithkal |
| alternative form | mithqaal |
| alternative form | mitkal |
| alternative form | mitqal |
Origin of mithqal
From Persian or Urdu مثقال (mesqâl), and their source, Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight, unit of weight”), from ثَقَلَ (ṯaqala, “to weigh”). Doublet of metical
Words that rhyme with mithqal
Questions about mithqal
- What does mithqal mean?
- Mithqal means a unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
- What part of speech is mithqal?
- Mithqal is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mithqal?
- Mithqal is pronounced /mɪθˈkɑːl/.
- What is the plural of mithqal?
- The plural of mithqal is mithqals.
Words near mithqal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mithqal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “mithqal.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mithqal. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.