mahbub

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See also: maħbub

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

mahbub (plural mahbubs or mahbub)

  1. A gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.
    Synonym: zermahbub
    • 1783, Sauveur Lusignan, A history of the Revolution of Ali Bey against the Ottoman Porte, page 119:
      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.
    • 1811, Patrick Kelly, The universal cambist, and commercial instructor, page 83:
      The only coins allowed by the Turkish government to be struck at Cairo are the Mahbub (or Zermahbub) Sequins, and Medini.
    • 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature:
      At Grand Cairo in Egypt, contracts are made in funducli and mahbub sequins; the former are reckoned at 146 medini, and 3 mahbubs are equal to 4 pataccas, so that the mahbub is worth 120 medini.

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb).

Noun

mahbub (plural mahbublar)

  1. beloved, darling
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