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"sense": "historical: Spanish or Spanish-American coin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пиа́стр"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "historical: Spanish or Spanish-American coin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piastra"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qirš",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "قِرْش"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔerš",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "قرش"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piastr"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piastre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Piaster"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piastar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "piástr",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пиа́стр"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piastra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "piaster"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency",
"word": "kuruş"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"piastre"
],
"word": "piastre"
}
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