yarmaq
Illustration — Khazar sheleg bearing the Arabic-language legend "Moses is the prophet of God", early 9th c. CE from the Spillings Hoard Yarmaq was name for Khazar Khaganate currency. The term for silver coin was sheleg (it might have direct connection to the term shekel.
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Illustration — Khazar sheleg bearing the Arabic-language legend "Moses is the prophet of God", early 9th c. CE from the Spillings Hoard Yarmaq was name for Khazar Khaganate currency. The term for silver coin was sheleg (it might have direct connection to the term shekel.
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Etymology
Etymology
The currency was mentioned in the Tale of Bygone Years as tribute money for Vyatichi and other Khazar subjects schelyag. Shelegs were probably minted in Kabir (Moxel, client state of Khazar Kaghanate) since approximately 5th c AD. The term for the gold coin might be oka, as they were minted in the same place and called oka (gold)
The term meant since at least early Middle Ages, no other meanings had been attested.
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Ar- or yar- evolved from the verb "to cut longitudinally, to split", Turkish verb is also co-originating with the Old Turkic word ır- or yır- which means the same. The name is similar to Mongolian language word "yaarmag" meaning "market," especially outdoor ones that sell wide variety of goods.
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• Roman K. Kovalev. "What Does Historical Numismatics Suggest About the Monetary History of Khazaria in the Ninth Century? – Question Revisited." Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 13 (2004): 97–129. • Roman K. Kovalev. "Creating Khazar Identity through Coins: The Special Issue Dirhams of 837/8." East Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages, ed. Florin Curta, pp. 220–253. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2005. * * *
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