Arş

An arş (Ottoman Turkish آرش[1]) is an old Turkish unit of length.

The word means 'forearm' and thus the measure corresponds to a cubit.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Diran Kélékian, Dictionnaire Turc-Français, Constantinople: Imprimerie Mihran, 1911
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