Manat

//mæˈnæt// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qapik.

    "While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […]"

  2. 2
    the basic unit of money in Azerbaijan wordnet
  3. 3
    The basic unit of currency for Turkmenistan; subdivided into 100 tennesi.
  4. 4
    the basic unit of money in Turkmenistan wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A pre-Islamic Arabian goddess.

Example

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"While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Azerbaijani manat and Turkmen manat, both from Russian моне́та (monéta), from Polish moneta, from Latin monēta. Doublet of money and mint.

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَنَاة (manāh).

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