"arshin" meaning in English

See arshin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: arshins [plural], archeen [alternative], archin [alternative], archine [alternative], arsheen [alternative], arshine [alternative]
Etymology: From Russian арши́н (aršín), from Ottoman Turkish آرشون / آرشین (arşın) (Turkish arşın). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|арши́н}} Russian арши́н (aršín), {{der|en|ota|آرشون / آرشین|tr=arşın}} Ottoman Turkish آرشون / آرشین (arşın), {{cog|tr|arşın}} Turkish arşın Head templates: {{en-noun}} arshin (plural arshins)
  1. An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches. Translations (a Russian unit of length): արշին (aršin) (Armenian), аршын (arşın) (Bashkir), аршин (aršin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 阿爾申 /阿尔申 (ā'ěrshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 俄尺 (échǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), аршӑн (arš̬ăn) (Chuvash), tirsek (Crimean Tatar), arŝino (Esperanto), arsina (Finnish), archine [feminine] (French), arššina (Ingrian), арчм (arçm) (Kalmyk), аршын (arşyn) (Kazakh), кез (kez) (Kazakh), arsyin (Malay), arszyn [masculine] (Polish), archina [feminine] (Portuguese), archine [masculine] (Portuguese), arșin [masculine] (Romanian), арши́н (aršín) [masculine] (Russian), аршин (aršin) (Southern Altai), арчын (arčïn) (Southern Altai), arsjin (Swedish), аршын (arşın) (Tatar), arşın (Turkish), arçyn (Turkmen), арсыын (arsïïn) (Yakut)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "a Russian unit of length",
      "word": "арсыын"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arshin"
}

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