Meaning of akçe | Babel Free

Definitions

A silver coin minted during the Ottoman Empire, valued at one-third of a para.

historical

Equivalents

Examples

“Worth the sum of two thousand two hundred akches, this is all a final gift to the said maiden if he fails to marry her within the appointed period of time.”

“The corvée is an archaic feature, absent from later statutes, but the notion that 50 akçes was the rate of compensation due for loss of tithes lingered.”

CEFR level