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prutah

prutah

English

Alternative forms

Noun

prutah ‎(plural prutahs or prutot or prutoth)

  1. A bronze coin, equivalent to the Roman quadrans, used in ancient Palestine.
  2. An aluminium coin, worth one thousandth of a pound, used in Israel until 1960.

Etymology

From Hebrew פרוטה‎.

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