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sikka (for A. سكة sikkat, v.n. سكّ 'to clamp,' etc.), s.m. A stamp, seal, signet; a coining-die; type, printing-letter;—an impression on money; stamped coin, a rupee; sterling or current coin; name of a weight (equal, in Bengal, to 7 dwt. and 11·5511 grains);—adj. Stamped, sterling, current:—sikka-ě-aṣlī, Sterling coin:—sikka biṭhānā(apnā), 'To introduce (one's) coin,' etc., to establish (one's) rule or authority, etc.:—sikka banānā, To coin money:—sikka paṛne-kāghar, s.m. A mint (syn. ṭaksāl):—sikka-ě-ja`lī, s.m. Counterfeit coin:—sikka-ě-ćěhra-ě-shāhī, s.m. The English rupee:—sikka-ě-ḥālī, s.m. New coin, coin recently stamped:—sikka-zan, s.f. Coiner:—sikka-zanī, s.f. Coining:—sikkasanad, s.f. A paper or document stamped with the royal seal; a grant from the crown under sign-manual or bearing the ruler's seal:—sikkaě-qadīm, s.m. Old or ancient coin:—sikka-ě-qalb, s.m. Counterfeit coin:—sikka mārnā, To stamp coin, to coin.
Origin: Persian