arshin

English

Alternative forms

• arsheen, arshine

Etymology

From Russian арши́н (aršín), from Ottoman Turkish آرشون / آرشین (arşın) (Turkish arşın).

Noun

arshin (plural arshins)

1. An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters.

Synonyms

• Russian cubit

Translations

a Russian unit of length

• Bashkir: аршын (arşın)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾申／阿尔申 (ā'ěrshēn), 阿尔申 (ā'ěrshēn), 俄尺 (échǐ)

• Chuvash: аршăн (aršăn)
• Crimean Tatar: tirsek
• Finnish: arsina (fi)
• French: archine (fr) f
• Kalmyk: арчм (arçm)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: arsyin
• Mansi:
• Portuguese: archina f, archine m
• Russian: арши́н (ru) m (aršín)
• Tatar: аршын (tt) (arşın)
• Turkmen: arçyn (tk)
• Yakut: арсыын (arsıın)

See also

• Appendix:Weights and measures

Anagrams

• shairn, sharin'