زنجیرلی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زنجیر +‎ ـلی, and possibly ellipsis of زنجیرلو آلتون (zincirli altın), named for its reeded edge.

Noun

زنجیرلی • (zincirli)

  1. (numismatics) Popular name of an Ottoman gold coin minted in 1716, officially called سكهٔ جدید زر اسلامبول (sikke-i cedîd-i zer-i İslambol).

Descendants

  • Turkish: zincirli
  • → Romanian: zingirliu

Further reading

  • İbrahim Artuk (19 December 2025), İslam Ansiklopedisi‎[1] (in Turkish)
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زنجیرلی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1016
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