أوقية

Etymology
Probably through from, , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) awqiyyah (ounce), a unit of weight in Egypt: 37 grams (one twelfth ratl)
 * 2) a unit of weight in Aleppo: 320 grams
 * 3) a unit of weight in Beirut: 213.39 grams
 * 4) a unit of weight in Jerusalem: 240 grams
 * 5) a unit of weight in Morocco: approximately 62.5 grams
 * 6) a unit of weight in Malta: approximately 26.46 grams
 * 7) ouguiya currency of Mauritania (only in this form, not )
 * 8) ounce just the same as the English or even to translate it