Awqiyyah

Awqiyyah

The "Awqiyyah" (Arabic وقية) is the name for a historical unit of weight that varies between regions, as listed below.

Egypt: 37g

Aleppo: 320g

Beirut: 213.39g

Jerusalem: 240g

Malta: ~26.46 g

The same unit, pronounced uqqa or okka in Turkish but written as in the Arabic, was used in the Ottoman Empire until the early 20th century. The standard Istanbul okka equaled 128.3 g.

References

cite book
last = Wehr
first = Hans
authorlink =
coauthors = J M.Cowan
year = 1994
title = Arabic-English Dictionary
publisher = Spoken Language Services Inc.
location = Urbana, IL
id = ISBN 0-87950-003-4


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