Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahbub

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: mah-bub
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The only coins allowed by the Turkish government to be struck at Cairo are the Mahbub (or Zermahbub) Sequins, and Medini."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: مَحْبُوب, ح ب ب

Inflected Forms

mahbubs (plural) mahboob (alternative)

Synonyms

zermahbub

Questions

What does mahbub mean?: A gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.
Where does mahbub come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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