arshin

English

Alternative forms

• archeen, archin, archine, arsheen, arshine

Etymology

From Russian арши́н (aršín), from Ottoman Turkish آرشون / آرشین (arşın) (Turkish arşın).

Noun

arshin (plural arshins)

1. An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.

Translations

a Russian unit of length

• Armenian: արշին (hy) (aršin)
• Bashkir: аршын (arşın)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾申 / 阿尔申 (ā'ěrshēn), 俄尺 (échǐ)

• Chuvash: аршӑн (arš̬ăn)
• Crimean Tatar: tirsek
• Esperanto: arŝino
• Finnish: arsina (fi)
• French: archine (fr) f
• Ingrian: arššina
• Kalmyk: арчм (arçm)
• Kazakh: аршын (arşyn), кез (kez)
• Malay: arsyin
• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} āрсын (ārsyn)
• Polish: arszyn m
• Portuguese: archina f, archine m
• Romanian: arșin (ro) m
• Russian: арши́н (ru) m (aršín)
• Swedish: arsjin
• Tatar: аршын (tt) (arşın)
• Turkish: arşın (tr)
• Turkmen: arçyn (tk)
• Yakut: арсыын (arsıın)

See also

• Appendix:Weights and measures

Anagrams

• arsinh, shairn, sharin'