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Qirsh
Qirsh, Ersh, Gersh, Grush, Kurus and Grosi are all names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. The variation in the name stems from the different languages it is used in (ArabicEthiopianHebrewTurkish and Greek) and the different transcriptions into the Latin alphabet. The name originally comes from the Italian , as in , a silver coin worth twelve denari.

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