tilla

noun

1

or less commonly til or tila plural tillas also tils or tilas : the basic monetary unit of the khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

also : a gold coin representing one of these tillas

2

plural tillas : a formerly used monetary unit of Afghanistan equal to ten rupees

also : a gold coin representing one Afghan tilla

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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