wiżna
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic وَزْنة (wazna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪzna/
Noun
wiżna f (plural wiżniet, dual wiżintejn)
- a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes
See also
- uqija
- ratal
- qantar