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Para

パラ ／ para　—　Names of money

A former small silver unit. In modern Turkish, it is the word for "money" itself.

5 Para copper coin of Abdülaziz 5 Para copper coin of Abdülaziz1861–76
A photograph of the real thing this term names.

A small silver unit of the Ottoman Empire. It was long used as a subdivision of the kuruş.

⚠ In modern Turkish, "para" means "money" itself. It is a prime example of the archaeology of names, where the name of a unit was elevated to a general term.