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rotl

[ rot-l ]

noun

plural rotls, artal
  1. a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
  2. a varying unit of dry measure, used in the same areas.


rotl

/ ˈ°ùÉ’³ÙÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. a unit of weight used in Muslim countries, varying in value between about one and five pounds
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rotl1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Arabic °ù²¹á¹­l, from Greek ±ôí³Ù°ù²¹ or Latin ±ôÄ«²ú°ù²¹ pound
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rotl1

C17: from Arabic ratl , perhaps from Greek litra a pound
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Each artel would become a kolkhoz, or collective farm, where workers owned their means of production, and eventually a sovkhoz, the state farm, with centralized ownership and quotas.

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The "artel" requires it, and, in case of disobedience, woe to the offender!

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This original form of artel still survives among the fishermen of Archangel.

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When ten or twenty peasants come from some locality to a big town, to work as weavers, carpenters, masons, boat-builders, and so on, they always constitute an artel.

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And, similarly, the younger members of the artel liked well enough to listen to his tales, but declined to take him seriously, and, in some cases, regarded him with ill-concealed, or openly expressed, distrust.

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