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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dānaq⁠/) (Persian دانگ (dâng, literally sixth)).

Noun edit

دَانَق or دَانِق (dānaq or dāniqm (plural دَوَانِق (dawāniq))

  1. any of several coins, daniq, originally a sixth of a dirham
  2. any of several weight measures
  3. (Medieval Egypt) a linear measure, 16 of a قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ) – 29.17

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