asper

ˈæspər

Definition

Definition of asper - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

finance

Rare

unit of currency in ancient Turkey

Rare

He paid five aspers for the spices.

coin

currency

currency

Rare

former Turkish silver coin worth 1/120 of a piastre

Rare

The museum displayed an asper from the Ottoman era.

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Origin of asper

Latin, asper (rough)

Examples of asper in a sentence

The ancient coin was worth ten aspers.
Collectors sought the rare asper for their collections.
The asper was once a common currency in trade.

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French:asper, pièce d'argent, ...
German:Asper, ...
Italian:moneta asper, ...
Spanish:moneda asper, akçe, ...
Portuguese:asper, ásper, ...
Chinese:阿斯珀, 银币, ...
Japanese:アスパー, アスペル, ...
Arabic:آسْبَر, آقْجَة, ...
Hebrew:אַסְפֶּר, אַסְפַּר עוּתְ'מָאנִי, ...
Russian:акче, монета, ...
Ukrainian:аспер, аспра, ...
Hindi:अस्पर, तुर्की चांदी का सिक्का, ...
Bengali:অ্যাস্পার, আসপার, ...
Catalan:asper, moneda turca antiga, ...
Czech:akče, akçe, ...
Danish:asper, ...
Dutch:asper, ...
Greek:άσπερο, άσπρο, ...
Hungarian:aszper, ...
Khmer:អាស្ពើរ, កាក់ប្រាក់តួកគីបុរាណមានតម្លៃមួយភាគមួយរយម្ភៃនៃព្យាស្ត្រ, ...
Korean:아스퍼, 아스페르, ...
Persian:آسپار, اسپر, ...
Polish:asper, aspr, ...
Portuguese (BR):asper, moeda otomana, ...
Romanian:asper, ...
Swedish:asper, ...
Thai:แอสเปอร์, เหรียญแอสเปอร์, ...
Turkish:akçe, gümüş para, ...
Vietnamese:đồng asper, đồng tiền asper, ...

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