gersh

noun

variants or less commonly ghersh

plural gersh also ghersh

: a monetary unit of Ethiopia equal to ¹/₂₀ birr before 1903 and later equal to ¹/₁₆ birr

also : a formerly minted coin representing one gersh

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1964, in the meaning defined above

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