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Obsolete Tatar weights & measures

 

Obsolete Tatar weights & measures

Obsolete Tatar weights and measures were used by Tatars until 1924, when they were replaced in the Soviet Union by the SI units.

The Tatar system shares many units with the Russian system (e.g. sajın and disätinä), which in turn was influenced by the English, therefore a duym is pretty much equal to an inch. This list includes their Tatar language names.

Length

Cäyäwleneñ könlek yulı -
day of riding: 35 çaqrım = 37.338 km

Cäyäwleneñ aylıq yulı -
month of riding: 1050 çaqrım = 1120.14 km

Atnıñ könlek yulı -
distance horse travels in one day: 40-50 km

Atnı tuqtawsız yurıyu -
distance horse travels without stops: 15-25 km

Mil -
миля, geographical mile: 7 çaqrım = 7.467 km

Färsäx -
parasang: 6-7 çaqrım = 6.400-7.467 km

Çaqrım -
верста: 500 sajın = 1.0668 km

Sajın, qolaç, tayaq -
сажень: 3 arşın = 7 fut = 2.133 m

Arşın -
аршин: 4 cirek; 16 qarış = 28 dúym = 711.2 mm

Çirek, qarış, söyäm -
пядь: 4 qarış = 177.8 mm

Fut -
foot: 12 duym = 304.8 mm

Qarış -
вершок: 44.45 mm

Duym -
дюйм, thumb: 25.4 mm

Area

Quadrat çaqrım -
1 çaqrım² = 1.138 km²

Disätinä -
десятина: 2400 sajın² = 10,925.4 = ca. 1.1 ha

Çirek -
½ disätinä = 5462.7 m²

Quadrat sajın -
1 sajın² = 4.552 m²

Cärib -
3600 arşın² = 1820.9 m²

Volume

Çiläk -
ведро: 12,299 l

Çirek : четверть: 209.91 l

Çirektän sigez -
четверик: 26.238 l

Garnets -
гарнец: 3.279 l

Batman -
4 pot

Poçıq -
2 pot

Podawqa -
> : пудовка 1 pot volume of 16 kg of water

Mass

Berkovets -
беркoвец: 10 pot = 163.805 kg

Qantar -
pot = 40.951 kg

Pot -
пуд: 40 qadaq = 16.380 kg

Qadaq, göränkä -
фунт: 32 lot = 96 mısqal = 409.5 g

Lot -
лот: 3 mısqal = 12.797 g

Mısqal -
золотник: 96 öleş = 4.265 g

Öleş -
допя'': 44.434 mg

Force

Berkovets -
1606.38 N

Qantar -
401.5949 N


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