/mæˈnæt/, /mɑˈnɑt/, /məˈ-/
OriginBorrowed from Azerbaijani manat and Turkmen manat, both from Russian моне́та (monéta), from Polish moneta, from Latin monēta. Doublet of money and mint.
- The basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qapik.
“While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […]”
- The basic unit of currency for Turkmenistan; subdivided into 100 tennesi.
- A pre-Islamic Arabian goddess.
Formsmanats(plural) · manat(plural)
Source: Wiktionary