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单词 chetrum
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chetrumn.

Brit. /ˈtʃɛtrəm/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛtrəm/
Inflections: Plural chetrums, unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– chetram, 1900s– chetrum, 1900s– chhetrum, 1900s– pchetra (rare).
Origin: A borrowing from Dzongkha. Etymon: Dzongkha chetrum.
Etymology: < Dzongkha chetrum, chhetrum, pchetram, romanized forms of phyed-kram money (surviving mainly in the phrase phyed-kra tapni to pay money) < phyed half + -kram bit, unit (see ngultrum n.).The form chetrum is an ad-hoc romanization of the Dzongkha word; the official Bhutanese transcription is pchetram. The spelling in the indigenous dBu-can or 'Ucen script can be transliterated phyed-kram. The form pchetra reflects the omission of the final -m in Dzongkha pronunciation.
A monetary unit of Bhutan, standardized in 1974 but in use before, now equivalent to one-hundredth of a ngultrum. Cf. ngultrum n.
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1969 Washington Post 21 Dec. h10/5 Bhutan, as expected, has released its three-dimensional Apollo 11 stamps in three small sheetlets. Eight postage values are involved..3, 5, 15, 20, 25, 45, and 50 Chetrum and 1.75 Ngultrum denominations.
1981 Standard Catal. 20th Cent. World Coins 79/1 Monetary reform commencing 1974. 100 Chetrum (Paisa)—1 Ngultrum (Ruppee).
1999 Boston Globe (Nexis) 3 June a1 Material possession is counted as such success in the West, but here, you'll see a farmer saving every chhetrum (penny) to build a monastery or a stupa for religion.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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