metallik
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ottoman Turkish متالك (metelik, metalik), from French métallique.
Noun
[edit]metallik (plural metalliks)
- (historical) A unit of currency of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century; used in Crete during the Russian occupation.
- 1908, Guide to Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, the Coasts of Asia Minor, Crete and Cyprus: With Thirteen Maps and Thirty-three Plans[1], page 178:
- the metallik, a base metal 1/4 piaster