arasz," i.e., to the "span." South Asian usage In Hindi-Urdu and other languages of Northern India and Pakistan, the span is commonly used as an informal measure and called bālisht (Urdu: بالشت, Hindi: बालिश्त). In Bengali, it is called bighāt (বিঘত or বিঘৎ). In Marathi, it is called weet (वीत). In Nepal, where this method of measurement is still used in informal context, a span is called bhitta. In Tamil, it is called saaN. Southeast Asian usage In Southeast Asia, the span is used as an informal measure. In Malay and Indonesian, it is called jengkal. In Thai, it is called khuep. In Filipino, it is called dangkal. Mongolian usage The span is commonly used as a traditional and informal measure in Mongolia, where it is called tuu (төө). Depending on the use of index or middle finger and the placement of the thumb, the span is named differently as tuu (төө) and mukhar tuu (мухар төө) etc. Portuguese usage The old Portuguese customary unit analogue to the span was the palmo de craveira or simply palmo. 1 palmo de craveira = 8 polegadas (Portuguese inches) = 1/5 varas (Portuguese yards) = 0.22 m See also Anthropic units Hand (unit) List of human-based units of measurement List of unusual units of measurement Units of measure Notes References Lyle V. Jones. 1971. “The Nature of Measurement.” In: Robert L. Thorndike (ed.), Educational Measurement, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Council on Education, pp. 335–355. Span Imperial units Units of length