Obsolete Tatar units of measurement

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A native system of Tatar weights and measures was used by Tatars until 1924, but became obsolete when the Soviet Union adopted SI units.

The Tatar system shares many units with the Russian system (e.g. sajın and disätinä), which in turn was influenced by the English, therefore a duym is pretty much equal to an inch. This list includes their Tatar language names.

1 Length
2 Area
3 Volume
4 Mass

[edit] Length

Duym (дюйм), thumb = 25.4 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

[edit] Area

Quadrat sajın
- 1 Quadrat sajın = 1 sajın² = 4.552 m²
Cärib
- 1 Cärib = 3600 arşın² = 1820.9 m²
Disätinä (десятина)
- 1 Disätinä = 2400 Quadrat sajın = 10,925.4 m² = ca. 1.1 ha
Çirek
- 1 Çirek = ½ disätinä = 5462.7 m²
Quadrat çaqrım
- 1 Quadrat çaqrım = 1 çaqrım² = 1.138 km²