dira
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of dira
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
“13·3—This measure does not seem to belong to very early times, and it may probably have originated in Asia Minor... And it may well be the origin of the dirá‘ Stambuli of 26·6, twice 13·3.”
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Etymology
From Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”).
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