metalikn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈtalɪk/,

/mɛˈtalɪk/, U.S.

/məˈtælɪk/

Forms: 1800s– metalick, 1800s– metalik, 1800s– metallic, 1900s– metallik.

Origin: A borrowing from Turkish. Etymon: Ottoman Turkish metalik.

Etymology: < Ottoman Turkish metalik (later metelik ; compare Turkish metelik , only in figurative use) < French métallique , adjective (see metallic adj. and n.).

Now historical.

(An informal name for) any of a number of former low-grade silver Turkish coins, esp. the para and the piastre.

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

1895 H. Callan From Clyde to Jordan xx. 222 Each cup costs a metallic (value ½d.), and there are usually four metallics in a piastre.

1897 A. D. Ramsay Everyday Life Turkey ii. 60 On the babies I generally bestowed a metalik (value a halfpenny) ‘for luck’.

1920 19th Cent. Sept. 503 My husband is a complete fool and doesn't know the difference between a metallik and a mejidi (a farthing and a florin).

1980 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 40 353 In the years 1839–61 the metalik, with denominations of one, one half, and one quarter piaster, and a 50 percent silver content, was issued.

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

单词	metalik
释义	metalikn. Brit. /mᵻˈtalɪk/, /mɛˈtalɪk/, U.S. /məˈtælɪk/ Forms: 1800s– metalick, 1800s– metalik, 1800s– metallic, 1900s– metallik. Origin: A borrowing from Turkish. Etymon: Ottoman Turkish metalik. Etymology: < Ottoman Turkish metalik (later metelik ; compare Turkish metelik , only in figurative use) < French métallique , adjective (see metallic adj. and n.). Now historical. (An informal name for) any of a number of former low-grade silver Turkish coins, esp. the para and the piastre. 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 1895 H. Callan From Clyde to Jordan xx. 222 Each cup costs a metallic (value ½d.), and there are usually four metallics in a piastre. 1897 A. D. Ramsay Everyday Life Turkey ii. 60 On the babies I generally bestowed a metalik (value a halfpenny) ‘for luck’. 1920 19th Cent. Sept. 503 My husband is a complete fool and doesn't know the difference between a metallik and a mejidi (a farthing and a florin). 1980 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 40 353 In the years 1839–61 the metalik, with denominations of one, one half, and one quarter piaster, and a 50 percent silver content, was issued. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895
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