medjidien.

Brit.

/mɛˈdʒiːdɪeɪ/, U.S.

/mɛˈdʒidiˌeɪ/

Forms: 1800s medjidi, 1800s medjidié, 1800s– medjidie, 1800s– medjidy, 1900s– medjeedi, 1900s– medjideh, 1900s– medjidiè, 1900s– medjidiye, 1900s– mejidi, 1900s– mejidieh. In sense 2 with capital initial.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Turkish. Etymons: French medjidié; Ottoman Turkish mejidiye.

Etymology: < French medjidié (1854 in form medjidi ; 1868 in Littré as medjidieh in sense 2) or its etymon Ottoman Turkish mejidiye (Turkish †mecidiye ) < the name of Abdul Mejid (see medjidite n.).

Now historical.

1. A large Turkish silver coin minted from 1844 until 1919, a twenty kurush piece (weighing 24 grams).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Turkish coins

zecchino1572

serapha1576

manghir1585

chequina1587

asper1587

sultane1612

sultanina1613

sultanya1613

sherifi1615

piastre1617

sequin1617

sultana1656

sultaness1661

para1687

medjidie1855

kurus1882

metalik1895

1855 N. Amer. Rev. July 79 So long as the peasant has a ‘medjidi’ in his purse, or a loaf in his wallet, the priest shall not want for money or food.

1860 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 23 111 The value of the gold medjidié shall be kept steady at 100 piastres.

1883 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 191 He kindly offered these eggs at a medjidy apiece.

1902 19th Cent. Aug. 233 There are as yet no taxes but a poll tax of a medjideh.

1911 T. E. Lawrence Let. 16 Dec. (1938) 129 It was rotten—an amulet possibly Syrian—and the ass gave a mejidi for it.

1922 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 780/1 On my presenting them with a mejidieh (three and fourpence) each as blood-money, they joined hands and danced joyfully before me, even declaring their readiness to serve as target again at the same price.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 884/4 The value of the Turkish mejidieh varied sometimes from street to street in the same town.

2. With capital initial (usually with the). A civil order of Ottoman Turkey instituted in 1851 by the Sultan Abdul Mejid, having five grades and presented as a seven-point star.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > other orders > foreign

Golden Spur1672

medjidie1857

1857 Ann. Reg. 1856 ii. State Papers 311/1 The Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the first class.

1888 Hazell's Ann. Cycl. 36/1 He [sc. Sir Samuel Baker] has received the Order of the Grand Cordon of the Medjidie.

1913 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 6 15 His Excellency Roumboyoglou Fahreddin Bey, Grand-Officer of the Imperial Order of Medjidiè.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medjidie
释义	medjidien. Brit. /mɛˈdʒiːdɪeɪ/, U.S. /mɛˈdʒidiˌeɪ/ Forms: 1800s medjidi, 1800s medjidié, 1800s– medjidie, 1800s– medjidy, 1900s– medjeedi, 1900s– medjideh, 1900s– medjidiè, 1900s– medjidiye, 1900s– mejidi, 1900s– mejidieh. In sense 2 with capital initial. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Turkish. Etymons: French medjidié; Ottoman Turkish mejidiye. Etymology: < French medjidié (1854 in form medjidi ; 1868 in Littré as medjidieh in sense 2) or its etymon Ottoman Turkish mejidiye (Turkish †mecidiye ) < the name of Abdul Mejid (see medjidite n.). Now historical. 1. A large Turkish silver coin minted from 1844 until 1919, a twenty kurush piece (weighing 24 grams). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Turkish coins zecchino1572 serapha1576 manghir1585 chequina1587 asper1587 sultane1612 sultanina1613 sultanya1613 sherifi1615 piastre1617 sequin1617 sultana1656 sultaness1661 para1687 medjidie1855 kurus1882 metalik1895 1855 N. Amer. Rev. July 79 So long as the peasant has a ‘medjidi’ in his purse, or a loaf in his wallet, the priest shall not want for money or food. 1860 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 23 111 The value of the gold medjidié shall be kept steady at 100 piastres. 1883 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 191 He kindly offered these eggs at a medjidy apiece. 1902 19th Cent. Aug. 233 There are as yet no taxes but a poll tax of a medjideh. 1911 T. E. Lawrence Let. 16 Dec. (1938) 129 It was rotten—an amulet possibly Syrian—and the ass gave a mejidi for it. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 780/1 On my presenting them with a mejidieh (three and fourpence) each as blood-money, they joined hands and danced joyfully before me, even declaring their readiness to serve as target again at the same price. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 884/4 The value of the Turkish mejidieh varied sometimes from street to street in the same town. 2. With capital initial (usually with the). A civil order of Ottoman Turkey instituted in 1851 by the Sultan Abdul Mejid, having five grades and presented as a seven-point star. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > other orders > foreign Golden Spur1672 medjidie1857 1857 Ann. Reg. 1856 ii. State Papers 311/1 The Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the first class. 1888 Hazell's Ann. Cycl. 36/1 He [sc. Sir Samuel Baker] has received the Order of the Grand Cordon of the Medjidie. 1913 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 6 15 His Excellency Roumboyoglou Fahreddin Bey, Grand-Officer of the Imperial Order of Medjidiè. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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