qurshn.

Brit.

/kʊəʃ/,

/kəːʃ/, U.S.

/kʊ(ə)rʃ/,

/kərʃ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1700s croush, 1700s cursh, 1800s– girsh, 1800s– kirsh, 1900s– ghirsh, 1900s– qirsh, 1900s– qursh.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic qirš, ġirš.

Etymology: < Arabic qirš, qurš (also ġirš, ġurš), inferred singulars of qurūš small silver coin, piastre < Ottoman Turkish quruš , guruš kurus n. Compare groat n., groschen n., gross n.²The Ottoman Turkish words were written with the letter wāw to indicate that both vowels in each word were short u . Arabs read the second vowel as ū , interpreting the words as broken plurals, whence the inferred singulars. The forms with initial c- , k- reflect early attempts at transliterating the Arabic word; the form ckirsh in quot. 1836 is a typographical error. The form girsh (used in quot. 1962 to denote a monetary unit in Saudi Arabia) reflects the pronunciation of the word in parts of North Africa and of the Arabian peninsula; compare e.g. Yemeni Arabic girš (plural gurūš).

Originally: a silver coin of various Middle-Eastern countries. Now: a monetary unit of Saudi Arabia equal to one-twentieth of a rial. Cf. kurus n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other coins of Middle Eastern countries

drachm1554

medin1583

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maida1690

qursh1727

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pentecontadrachm1827

prutah1874

halala1961

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. 54 (table) 1 Croush—4½ Mamoodies.

1783 S. Lusignan Hist. Revolt Ali Bey 59 The pieces of twenty paras, is called..half-cursh, by the Arabs;..and the piece of forty paras, is called..by the Arabs cursh.

1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. App. b 373 The ckirsh [1842 ḳirsh], or Egyptian piaster, has already been shown to be equivalent to the hundredth part of a pound sterling, or the fifth of a shilling.

1894 H. D. Rawnsley Idylls & Lyrics of Nile 13 I must, to his heart's surprise, Give a 'kirsh' to him who cries 'My poor pay is Paradise'.

1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 495 The major pieces are the silver rial and its portions with divisionary coins in cupro-nickel in values of girsh, of which 22 are equivalent to a rial.

1981 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East & Afr. Weekly Econ. Rep. (B.B.C.) 21 July ME/W1143/A1/2 The official rates of the dollar will remain unchanged at 70 qirsh.

2006 Whitaker's Almanack 980/2 Currency—Saudi Riyal (SR) of 20 qursh or 100 halala.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	qursh
释义	qurshn. Brit. /kʊəʃ/, /kəːʃ/, U.S. /kʊ(ə)rʃ/, /kərʃ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1700s croush, 1700s cursh, 1800s– girsh, 1800s– kirsh, 1900s– ghirsh, 1900s– qirsh, 1900s– qursh. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic qirš, ġirš. Etymology: < Arabic qirš, qurš (also ġirš, ġurš), inferred singulars of qurūš small silver coin, piastre < Ottoman Turkish quruš , guruš kurus n. Compare groat n., groschen n., gross n.²The Ottoman Turkish words were written with the letter wāw to indicate that both vowels in each word were short u . Arabs read the second vowel as ū , interpreting the words as broken plurals, whence the inferred singulars. The forms with initial c- , k- reflect early attempts at transliterating the Arabic word; the form ckirsh in quot. 1836 is a typographical error. The form girsh (used in quot. 1962 to denote a monetary unit in Saudi Arabia) reflects the pronunciation of the word in parts of North Africa and of the Arabian peninsula; compare e.g. Yemeni Arabic girš (plural gurūš). Originally: a silver coin of various Middle-Eastern countries. Now: a monetary unit of Saudi Arabia equal to one-twentieth of a rial. Cf. kurus n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other coins of Middle Eastern countries drachm1554 medin1583 sherifi1615 maida1690 qursh1727 dirham1788 fils1826 pentecontadrachm1827 prutah1874 halala1961 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. 54 (table) 1 Croush—4½ Mamoodies. 1783 S. Lusignan Hist. Revolt Ali Bey 59 The pieces of twenty paras, is called..half-cursh, by the Arabs;..and the piece of forty paras, is called..by the Arabs cursh. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. App. b 373 The ckirsh [1842 ḳirsh], or Egyptian piaster, has already been shown to be equivalent to the hundredth part of a pound sterling, or the fifth of a shilling. 1894 H. D. Rawnsley Idylls & Lyrics of Nile 13 I must, to his heart's surprise, Give a 'kirsh' to him who cries 'My poor pay is Paradise'. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 495 The major pieces are the silver rial and its portions with divisionary coins in cupro-nickel in values of girsh, of which 22 are equivalent to a rial. 1981 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East & Afr. Weekly Econ. Rep. (B.B.C.) 21 July ME/W1143/A1/2 The official rates of the dollar will remain unchanged at 70 qirsh. 2006 Whitaker's Almanack 980/2 Currency—Saudi Riyal (SR) of 20 qursh or 100 halala. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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