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Traditional system of measurement used by Tatars
Traditional Tatar units of measurement were used by
Tatars until 1924 but became obsolete when the
Soviet Union adopted the
metric system .
The Tatar system shares many units with the
Russian system (e.g. sajın and disätinä ), which is close to the English (The
Russian system existed since
ancient Rus' , but under
Peter the Great , the Russian units were redefined relative to the
English system .), therefore a duym is relatively equal to an inch. This list includes their
Tatar language names.
Length
Duym (дюйм),
thumb = 30 mm
Qarış (вершок) = 44.45 mm
Fut (
foot )
1 Fut = 12 duym = 304.8 mm
Çirek, qarış or söyäm (пядь)
1 Çirek = 4 qarış = 177.8 mm
Arşın (аршин)
1 Arşın = 4 cirek = 16 qarış = 28 dúym = 711.2 mm
Sajın, qolaç or tayaq (сажень)
1 Sajın = 3 arşın = 7 fut = 2.133 m
Çaqrım (верста)
1 Çaqrım = 500 sajın = 1.0668 km
Färsäx or
parasang
1 Färsäx = 6-7 çaqrım = 6.400-7.467 km
Mil (миля),
geographical mile
1 Mil = 7 çaqrım = 7.467 km
Atnı tuqtawsız yurıyu , the distance a horse travels without stops
1 Atnı tuqtawsız yurıyu = 15–25 km
Cäyäwleneñ könlek yulı , a day of riding
1 Cäyäwleneñ könlek yulı = 35 çaqrım = 37.338 km
Atnıñ könlek yulı , the distance a horse travels in one day, equal to 40–50 km
Cäyäwleneñ aylıq yulı , a month of riding, equal to 1120.14 km
1 Cäyäwleneñ aylıq yulı = 1050 çaqrım
Area
Quadrat sajın
1 Quadrat sajın = 1 sajın 2 = 4.552 m2
Cärib
1 Cärib = 3600 arşın 2 = 1820.9 m2
Disätinä (десятина)
1 Disätinä = 2400 Quadrat sajın = 10,925.4
m2 = 1.09254
ha
Çirek
1 Çirek = 1 ⁄2 disätinä = 5462.7 m2
Quadrat çaqrım
1 Quadrat çaqrım = 1 çaqrım 2 = 1.138
km2
Volume
Garnets (гарнец) = 3.279
L
Çirektän sigez (четверик)
1 Çirektän sigez = 8 garnets = 26.238 L
Çirek (четверть)
1 Çirek = 64 garnets = 8 Çirektän sigez = 209.91 L
Çiläk (ведро) = 12,299 L
Podawqa (пудовка)
1 pot , the volume of 16 kg of
water
Poçıq
1 Poçıq = 2 pot = the volume of 32 kg of water
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Mass
Öleş (допя) = 44.434 mg
Mısqal (золотник)
1 Mısqal = 96 öleş = 4.265 g
Lot (лот)
1 Lot = 3 mısqal = 12.797 g
Qadaq or göränkä (фунт)
1 Qadaq = 32 lot = 96 mısqal = 409.5 g
Pot (пуд)
1 pot = 40 qadaq = 16.380 kg
Qantar
1 Qantar = 2+ 1 ⁄2 pot = 40.951 kg
Berkovets (берковец)
1 Berkovets = 10 pot = 163.805 kg
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