akcze

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish آقچه. First attested in 1743.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈak.t͡ʂɛ/
  • Rhymes: -akt͡ʂɛ
  • Syllabification: ak‧cze

Noun

akcze n (indeclinable)

  1. (historical) akçe (a silver coin minted during the Ottoman Empire, valued at one-third of a para)

References
  1. Krystyna Siekierska (17.10.2019) “ACHCZE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “achce”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
  • Antoni Stanisław Waga (1850) Nazwiska monet u różnych narodów i w różnych wiekach używane‎ (in Polish), page 3
  • akcze in PWN's encyclopedia
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