Mahbub

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.

    "His ready cash consisted of eight hundred thousand mahbub and funduclys; the rest of his treasure was in jewels, to the amount of about six million of ducats."

Synonyms

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zermahbub

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"His ready cash consisted of eight hundred thousand mahbub and funduclys; the rest of his treasure was in jewels, to the amount of about six million of ducats."

Etymology

From Arabic مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb, “gold coin; beloved”).

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ottoman empire

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