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arshin
[ ahr-sheen ]
noun
- a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 centimeters).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arshin1
First recorded in 1725–35; from Russian arshín, from Tatar aršïn or a cognate Turkic word, ultimately from Persian
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Example Sentences
While a machine is like an arshin (yardstick), it contains exactly so much as the work required.
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The little man was really one arshin high, and his beard was seven arshins long.
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It stands the Government in about a rouble the arshin, and sells for two roubles.
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In his head was a hole, and from the hole the black blood was pouring; the dust for an arshin around was wet with it.
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