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taka

taka

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Money used in Bangladesh worth 100 paisa
  • noun
  • /ˈtɑːkə/
: taka
  • Taka...

Examples

  • All that was necessary was to lend her five taka, and the problem would be solved.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Only 1.7% of families had a monthly income of more than Taka 5000 (USD 70), while 23.8% had from Taka 1000 (US$ 14) to Taka 2000 (US$ 28) per month.

    Academic text (2007)
  • What about Taka?

  • The cost of the bamboo was five taka (worth about U.S. $0.20 at the time).

    Academic text (1998)
  • In terms of affordability, one morphine tablet costs around 10 Taka (one-sixth of a US dollar).

    Academic text (2010)
  • They were really coming at us a little bit, but we tweaked a couple of tactical situations with Taka and Neil Hlavaty in the midfield, and the second half was a lot better.

    Blog text (1)
  • Only 1.7% of families had a monthly income of more than Taka 5000 (USD 70), while 23.8% had from Taka 1000 (US$ 14) to Taka 2000 (US$ 28) per month.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Only 1.7% of families had a monthly income of more than Taka 5000 (USD 70), while 23.8% had from Taka 1000 (US$ 14) to Taka 2000 (US$ 28) per month.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The fentanyl patch is imported by multinational companies, costing around 300 Taka (US$5) for a 25 mcg/h patch.

    Academic text (2010)
  • I pay 800 taka just for this room.

Surface Forms

taka singular
takas plural

Etymology

The word taka comes from a Bengali word that means 'money' or 'coin' and was once the name for a silver coin, often written tanka. That's why taka is the name of Bangladesh's currency today.