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‖ parˈdao E. Ind. Obs.
Forms: 6 pardaw, perdao, 7 pardawo, perdaw, -au, pardai, pardain, 6–7 pardao, (9 pardo).
[Pg. pardao, ad. 15th c. Western Indian form partāb, ultimately:—Skr. prātāp splendour, majesty (Yule).]
A coin circulating in Goa, worth at the end of the 16th c. about 4s. 6d., but afterwards diminshing in value to 10½d.; used also as a money of account.
1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. lv. 117 In ready money there was found two hundred thousand Perdaos. 1598W. Phillips tr. Linschoten i. (1885) II. 222 Every Quintall standeth them in twelve Pardawes. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 473 A brother of his..offered one hundred and fiftie thousand Pardawos. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. iv. 9 Two hundred Pardaos, which are worth three shillings and nine pence a piece of our coyn. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 107 Six Tanghes make a Pardai. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Pardo, a money of account of Goa..of 4 or 5 tangas, and worth about 2s. 6d. |