| 释义 |
- Length
- See also
- References
Length | 1/16 Arabic foot | ~2.25 cm | A finger-length | | Qabdhah قبضة | 1/4 Arabic foot | ~9 cm | A palm-length | | Arabic foot قدم عربية | | ~32 cm | | | Dhira ذراع | cubit: traditionally 2 Arabic feet, later 1.5 Arabic feet | | Cubit | | Urgye | fathom: 6 Arabic feet | ~1.92 m | A pace-length | | Qasbah قصبة | 12 Arabic feet | ~3.84 m | A cane-length | | Seir | stade: 600 Arabic feet | ~192 m | | | Ghalwah | 720 Arabic feet | ~230.4 m | | | Parasang | parasang or league: 18,000 Arabic feet | ~5.76 km | | | Barid بريد | 4 parasang | ~23.04 km | | | Marhalah مرحلة | 8 parasang | ~46.08 km | A village-length. |
See also - Uqiyyah, the Arabic ounce or half-pound, depending on region.
- Qafiz, an Arabic unit for measuring volumes.
- Sāʿ, an ancient unit of volume, equal to 2 to 4 liters, depending on region.
- The Arabic mile (al-mīl), a unit of length employed by Arab geographers and scientists.
References- {{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GV1aV7V7I00C&pg=RA1-PR31&dq=%22arabic+units%22&cd=1|title=Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins|publisher=Springer|year=2003|pages=76–78|isbn=9781852336820}}.
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