different between miskal vs mithqal

English

Alternative forms

• mithqal

Etymology

From Persian or Urdu ?????? (misq?l), from Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight, unit of weight”), from ??????? (?aqala, “to weigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?k??l/

Noun

miskal (plural miskals)

1. A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, and used especially to weigh precious metals.
2. A coin originally having such a weight.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13

     The Wazir brought him and the King said, "Give him a thousand miskals of gold from the treasury, and load him ten camels with goods for trade, and send him under escort to his own town."

Anagrams

• likams, maliks, maskil

English

Alternative forms

• miskal, mithkal, mithqaal, mitkal, mitqal

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight, unit of weight”). Doublet of metical

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???k??l/

Noun

mithqal (plural mithqals)

1. A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
2. A coin originally having such a weight.