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noun
A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
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noun
A coin originally having such a weight.
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History
From Persian or Urdu مثقال (mesqâl), and their source, Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight, unit of weight”), from ثَقَلَ (ṯaqala, “to weigh”). Doublet of metical
