wiżna

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Maltese

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Root
w-ż-n
8 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic وَزْنَة (wazna).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wiżna f (dual wiżintejn, plural użieni, paucal wiżniet)

  1. a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes

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