tenge
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Money that people use in Kazakhstan to buy things
- noun
- /ˈtɛŋɡeɪ/
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tenge
- Prices in Kazakhstan are usually displayed in tenge.
Examples
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Ironically, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan introduced their own currencies, the sum and tenges respectively, in November 1993.
Academic text (1994) -
I gave 100 Tenge, or about $70.00.
Blog text (4) -
I exchanged my dollars for tenge at the local bank.
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He saved up his tenge to buy a new laptop.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tenge comes from the Kazakh word теңге, which is linked to an old Turkic root meaning 'balance' or 'scale'. People once checked a coin's worth by weighing it, so that idea of 'balance' became the word for the money used in Kazakhstan.