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tael

N 1 ตำลึง (หน่วย เงิน ของ จีน สมัยก่อน  1-tam-lung

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TAEL

Tael, n. Etym: [Malay ta, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola, Skr. tula a balance, weight, tul to weigh. ]

 

Defn: A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tael

tael |tāl teɪl | ▶noun a weight used in China and East Asia, originally of varying amount but later fixed at about 38 grams (1 1 /3 oz. ). • a former Chinese monetary unit based on the value of this weight of standard silver. ORIGIN from Malay tahil ‘weight. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

tael

tael |teɪl | ▶noun a weight used in China and East Asia, originally of varying amount but later fixed at about 38 grams (1 1 /3 oz. ). • a former Chinese monetary unit based on the value of a tael of standard silver. ORIGIN from Malay tahil ‘weight ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Tael

Tael Substantiv, Neutrum , das |tɛːl teːl |das Tael; Genitiv: des Tael [s ], Plural: die Taels (aber: 5 Tael )sanskritisch-Hindi-malaiisch-portugiesisch 1 eine alte chinesische Münzeinheit 2 ein ehemaliges asiatisches Handelsgewicht

 

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