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noun
- a unit of weight in Egypt (and formerly Turkey): 37 grams (one twelfth ratl) in Egypt, 320 grams in Aleppo, 213.39 grams in Beirut, 240 grams in Jerusalem.
- a unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
Etymology: From Italian oca < French oque < Turkish okka < Arabic (ARchar, ÙÙÙ) wuqÄye, probably through Syriac from Greek < Latin uncia "ounce, twelfth part" < unus "one".
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