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Where does “رطل” come from?

رطل (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic رِطْل, from Aramaic רִיטְלָא, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā.

رطل (Ottoman Turkish): rottol, a historical Middle Eastern and North...

Definitions

  1. rottol, a historical Middle Eastern and North...

Ancestry of “رطل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicرِطْل—
2Aramaicרִיטְלָא—
3Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
4Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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