noun
bahar
buh-HAH
noun
1
A historical unit of weight once used across the Middle East and East Indies, whose exact size varied by region.
"Old trading records list cargoes of spice measured by the bahar rather than by the pound."
"A "great bahar" could weigh far more than a "little bahar," depending on the port."
How to Use Bahar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old, regionally inconsistent unit of weight used in historical trade.
Word Forms
bahars plural, Bahars plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بُهَار (buhār), itself likely from an Egyptian Arabic dialect form.