Etymograph

English

manat

Manat comes from Azerbaijani manat, from Russian моне́та ‘coin’, and ultimately from Latin monēta.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta
  2. Polishmodernmoneta‘coin’
  3. Russianmodernмоне́таmonéta‘coin’
  4. Azerbaijanimodernmanat
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta
  2. Polishmodernmoneta‘coin’
  3. Russianmodernмоне́таmonéta‘coin’
  4. Azerbaijanimodernmanat
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995same form

Earliest quotation: 1995, Fielding's ‘The World's Most Dangerous P: “While the local currency is the manat, the Russian…”

Linked words

through Latin monēta

money, monetary, mint, monetize, demonetization, 4 more

Today it means

noun The basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qapik.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin monēta / manat

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