رطل

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Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic רִיטְלָא / ܪܺܝܛܠܳܐ (rīṭlā), earlier לִיטְרָא / ܠܺܝܛܪܳܐ (līṭrā), from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra). Doublet of لِتْر (litr), a later French loanword.

Pronunciation

Noun

رِطْل or رَطْل or رُطْل (riṭl or raṭl or ruṭlm (plural أَرْطَال (ʔarṭāl))

  1. (historical units of measurement) rottol, a historical Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight equal to 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg)
  2. (units of measurement) pound

Declension

Descendants

References

  • ryṭlˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • lyṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • رطل” in Almaany
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “رطل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 535
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 202

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رِطْل (riṭl), from Aramaic רִיטְלָא (rīṭlā), earlier לִיטְרָא (līṭrā), from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra). Doublet of لیتره.

Noun

رطل (ratl, ritl)

  1. (historical units of measurement) rottol, a historical Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight equal to 1–5 pounds (.5–2.5 kg.)
  2. winecup, goblet, cup of wine

Descendants

References

  • "رطل" in Ottoman Turkish Dictionary

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic رِطْل (riṭl), from Aramaic רִיטְלָא (rīṭlā), earlier לִיטְרָא (līṭrā), from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).

Noun

رطل (rat̤l)

  1. (units of measurement) pound
  2. a pound weight
  3. (units of measurement) a pint

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “رطل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.