arshin

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Alternative forms

• archeen, archin, archine, arsheen, arshine

Etymology

From Russian арши́н (aršín), from Ottoman Turkish آرشون / آرشین (arşın) (Turkish arşın).

Noun

arshin (plural arshins)

1. An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.

Translations

a Russian unit of length

Armenian: արշին (hy) (aršin) Bashkir: аршын (arşın) Bulgarian: аршин (bg) m (aršin) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿爾申 / 阿尔申 (ā'ěrshēn), 俄尺 (échǐ) Chuvash: аршӑн (arš̬ăn) Crimean Tatar: tirsek Esperanto: arŝino Finnish: arsina (fi) French: archine (fr) f Ingrian: arššina Kalmyk: арчм (arçm) Kazakh: аршын (arşyn), кез (kez) Malay: arsyin Northern Mansi: (please verify) āрсын (ārsyn) Polish: arszyn m Portuguese: archina f, archine m Romanian: arșin (ro) m Russian: арши́н (ru) m (aršín) Southern Altai: аршин (aršin), арчын (arčïn) Swedish: arsjin Tatar: аршын (tt) (arşın) Turkish: arşın (tr) Turkmen: arçyn (tk) Yakut: арсыын (arsïïn)

See also

• Appendix:Weights and measures

Anagrams

• arsinh, shairn, sharin'