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Where does “قرش” come from?

قرش (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Arabic قَرَشَ — to gnash, to grind.

قرش (Egyptian Arabic): shark; piaster

Definitions

  1. shark; piaster

Ancestry of “قرش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَرَشَto gnash, to grind
Every word from Arabic قَرَشَ →