kurus
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9.9
A small Turkish coin worth one hundredth of a lira
- noun
- /kuˈruːs/
:
kurus
- The coins in her pocket included both lira and kurus.
Examples
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She paid 50 kurus for a bottle of water at the store.
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The price of the book is 50 kurus.
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A loaf of bread in Turkey may cost just a few kurus.
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I found a coin worth 25 kurus on the street.
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A loaf of bread in Turkey may cost just a few kurus.
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She paid 50 kurus for a bottle of water at the store.
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The coins in her pocket included both lira and kurus.
Synonyms
piastre
vskurus
1
9.9
A small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a country's main currency
is the form used specifically in Turkey for the one hundredth of its currency
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word kurus comes from Ottoman Turkish kuruş, a word that originally meant a 'small coin'. Today a kurus is the Turkish small unit of money, like a 'cent' or 'penny', equal to one hundredth of a lira.