medinn.

Brit.

/mɛˈdiːn/, U.S.

/mɛˈdin/

Forms: 1500s madayne, 1500s madien, 1500s madyne, 1500s maidene, 1500s mayden, 1500s 1700s– medin, 1500s–1600s medine, 1600s madein, 1600s madin, 1600s meidin, 1600s meydine, 1700s medina, 1800s medeen, 1800s medino.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French médin.

Etymology: < Middle French, French médin (1575) < colloquial Arabic maydī (perhaps via *meyyidī , variant of mu'ayyidī ) < the name of al-Mu'ayyad Šayḵ, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (1412–21) + -in (used here to represent Arabic -ī -i suffix²; compare -ine suffix¹). Compare post-classical Latin medinus (1486).

Now historical.

A coin of low denomination formerly used in Egypt and the Ottoman Empire: (originally) a silver half-dirham first issued in 1415 by the Mamluk Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh (at an initial weight of around 1.3 grams, but successively reduced in weight and silver content after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517); (later) a copper coin current in Egypt, Syria, etc., of approx. 6 grams, and valued at ¹/ ₄₀ of a piastre, or ¹/ ₂₀ of a penny, corresponding to the Turkish para.In Egyptian Arabic it was commonly called faḍḍa, lit. ‘silver’ (Arabic fiḍḍa).

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1583 J. Newbery Let. 20 July in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 209 40. medins maketh a ducat.

1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 213 47 medines passeth in value as the ducket of golde of Venice.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey (1621) 153 Paying by the way two Medines a head.

1753 R. Clayton Jrnl. from Cairo to Sinai 7 (note) A medina is 1d¹/ ₅ English money.

1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) II. ii. 38 My Coobtic writer, who, with a salary of six medeens a day,..had become..as rich as a Sultan's seraf.

1833 J. Bennett Artificer's Compl. Lex. Medin, in Egypt 3 aspers; at Aleppo is [etc.].

1957 H. A. R. Gibb & H. Bowen Islamic Society & West I. ii. vii. 57 The value of the medin declined; by 1789 the weight per thousand had sunk to 100 dirhems... Nevertheless, the exchange value of the medin remained much greater than its actual worth, since it was the principal coin in both wholesale and retail transactions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medin
释义	medinn. Brit. /mɛˈdiːn/, U.S. /mɛˈdin/ Forms: 1500s madayne, 1500s madien, 1500s madyne, 1500s maidene, 1500s mayden, 1500s 1700s– medin, 1500s–1600s medine, 1600s madein, 1600s madin, 1600s meidin, 1600s meydine, 1700s medina, 1800s medeen, 1800s medino. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French médin. Etymology: < Middle French, French médin (1575) < colloquial Arabic maydī (perhaps via meyyidī , variant of mu'ayyidī* ) < the name of al-Mu'ayyad Šayḵ, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (1412–21) + -in (used here to represent Arabic -ī -i suffix²; compare -ine suffix¹). Compare post-classical Latin medinus (1486). Now historical. A coin of low denomination formerly used in Egypt and the Ottoman Empire: (originally) a silver half-dirham first issued in 1415 by the Mamluk Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh (at an initial weight of around 1.3 grams, but successively reduced in weight and silver content after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517); (later) a copper coin current in Egypt, Syria, etc., of approx. 6 grams, and valued at ¹/ ₄₀ of a piastre, or ¹/ ₂₀ of a penny, corresponding to the Turkish para.In Egyptian Arabic it was commonly called faḍḍa, lit. ‘silver’ (Arabic fiḍḍa). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other coins of Middle Eastern countries drachm1554 medin1583 sherifi1615 maida1690 qursh1727 dirham1788 fils1826 pentecontadrachm1827 prutah1874 halala1961 1583 J. Newbery Let. 20 July in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 209 40. medins maketh a ducat. 1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 213 47 medines passeth in value as the ducket of golde of Venice. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey (1621) 153 Paying by the way two Medines a head. 1753 R. Clayton Jrnl. from Cairo to Sinai 7 (note) A medina is 1d¹/ ₅ English money. 1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) II. ii. 38 My Coobtic writer, who, with a salary of six medeens a day,..had become..as rich as a Sultan's seraf. 1833 J. Bennett Artificer's Compl. Lex. Medin, in Egypt 3 aspers; at Aleppo is [etc.]. 1957 H. A. R. Gibb & H. Bowen Islamic Society & West I. ii. vii. 57 The value of the medin declined; by 1789 the weight per thousand had sunk to 100 dirhems... Nevertheless, the exchange value of the medin remained much greater than its actual worth, since it was the principal coin in both wholesale and retail transactions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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