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arshin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ar-shin
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.

Etymology

From Russian арши́н (aršín), from Ottoman Turkish آرشون / آرشین (arşın) (Turkish arşın).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: арши́н, آرشون / آرشین

Inflected Forms

arshins (plural) archeen (alternative) archin (alternative) archine (alternative) arsheen (alternative) arshine (alternative)

Questions

What does arshin mean?
An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.
Where does arshin come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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