zalat

noun

plural zalat

: a bronze coin of Yemen equal to ¹/₁₆₀ rial and minted in the 1920s

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Yemeni Arabic zalaṭ “money, coin equivalent to a fraction of a rial”

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

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