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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic قَلْب (qalb, “to flip, to change”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
qəlp
- counterfeit, false, fake (especially of money)
- qəlp pullar ― counterfeit money
1877 September 1, اکینچی [Əkinçi ("The Cultivator"); in modern orthography], volume 3, number 18, Baku:“Qolos” qəzeti yazır ki, Peterburqda təzə qəlp 10 manatlıq kağızı çıxıb və onu elə yaxşı qayırıblar ki, məxsusi banglarda pul sanıyanlar onlara əsil 10 manatlıqdan təfavüt verə bilmir.- According to the newspaper Golos, a new counterfeit 10-ruble note has appeared in St. Petersburg and it was made so well that those who counted money in private banks could not tell the difference from the real 10 ruble-note.
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