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  • noun The official currency of Tajikistan, equal to 100 dirams.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Tajik somonī, after Ismoil Somoni, (Ismail Samanid) (died 907), founder of the Persian dynasty that is considered to be the first Tajik state.]

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From Tajik сомонӣ (somonī)

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Examples

  • Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 2.9705 (2004), 3.0614

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Þo dede he somoni alle þo wyse clerekes þet kuþe þe laghe and hem askede wer crist solde bien i {} bore.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 3.0614 (2003), 2.7641 (2002),

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 2.9705 (2004), 3.0614 (2003),

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 3.2475 (2006), 3.1166

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • (January 1996) note: the new unit of exchange was introduced on 30 October 2000, with one somoni equal to 1,000 of the old Tajikistani rubles

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 3.0614 (2003), 2.7641

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 2.2 (January 2001),

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 3.2475 (2006), 3.1166 (2005),

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • According to the Ministry of Education, teachers tend to earn from 133 to 175 somoni ($30 to $40) per month, making them among the most poorly paid public-sector workers.

    EurasiaNet 2010

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