Meaning & use

buqsha

noun·Advanced

A small unit of currency in Yemen, formerly equal to one-fortieth of a Yemeni rial.

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Old coin collectors sometimes trade rare buqsha pieces from the 1960s.

The market vendor explained that a buqsha was worth almost nothing today.

A note on using this word

The buqsha is now largely obsolete and rarely used in everyday Yemeni transactions.

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