Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qirat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qi-rat
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of weight, one twentieth of a mithqal.

Etymology

From Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ). Doublet of carat.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: قِيرَاط

Inflected Forms

qirats (plural)

Questions

What does qirat mean?: A unit of weight, one twentieth of a mithqal.
Where does qirat come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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