medjidie

See also: Medjidie

English

Etymology

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

Noun

medjidie (plural medjidies)

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

Translations

Ottoman silver coin

• Albanian: mexhite (sq) f
• French: medjidié m
• Macedonian: меџидија f (medžidija)
• Ottoman Turkish: مجیدیه (mecidiye)
• Turkish: mecidiye (tr)

Further reading

• medjidie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia