medjidie

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Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish مجیدیه (mecidiye), most likely through French medjidié, the adjectival form of the personal name Mecid, from Arabic مَجِيد (majīd, glorious)

Noun[edit]

medjidie (plural medjidies)

  1. (historical) A coin of the Ottoman Empire, worth twenty piasters.

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