Piastre
Piastre ko piaster (Turanci: /piˈæstər/) kowane ɗayan ɗayan kuɗi ne.  Kalmar ta samo asali ne daga Italiyanci don "farantin ƙarfe". An yi amfani da sunan ga Mutanen Espanya da Hispanic American guda takwas, ko pesos, ta hanyar 'yan kasuwa na Venetian a Levant a karni na 16.

Waɗannan pesos, waɗanda aka ci gaba da haƙa har tsawon ƙarni, 'yan kasuwa sun karɓe su cikin hanzari a sassa da yawa na duniya. Bayan da kasashen Latin Amurka suka sami 'yancin kai, pesos na Mexico ya fara kwararowa ta hanyoyin kasuwanci, kuma ya zama mai yawan gaske a Gabas mai Nisa, inda ya maye gurbin Sifen guda takwas wanda Mutanen Espanya suka gabatar a Manila, kuma ta Portuguese a Malacca . Lokacin da Faransawa suka mamaye Indochina, sun fara fitar da sabon piastre na Indochina na Faransa ( piastre de commerce ), wanda yayi daidai da ƙimar pesos na Mutanen Espanya da na Mexica .

A cikin daular Ottoman, kalmar piastre sunan turawa ne na Kuruş . Sauye-sauyen canjin kudin da aka samu ya rage darajar daular Ottoman a karshen karni na 19 ta yadda ya kai kusan pence biyu (2d) Sterling . Don haka sunan piastre yana nufin nau'ikan tsabar kudi daban-daban guda biyu a sassa daban-daban na duniya, duka biyun sun fito ne daga guntun Mutanen Espanya guda takwas .

Saboda ƙasƙantar dabi'un masu fasinja a Gabas ta Tsakiya, waɗannan 'yan fashin sun zama raka'a na biyu na fam ɗin Turkiyya, Cyprus da kuma Masar. A halin yanzu, a Indochina, piastre ya ci gaba har zuwa 1950s kuma daga baya aka sake masa suna riel, kip, da dong a Cambodia, Laos da Vietnam bi da bi.

A matsayin babban naúrar 

 piastre na Indochinese na Faransa

A matsayin juzu'i 

   of the Egyptian pound
   of the Jordanian dinar
   of the Lebanese pound
   of the South Sudanese pound (spelled "piaster")
   of the Sudanese pound
   of the Syrian pound

A tarihi 

   of the Cypriot pound
   of the Libyan pound
   of the Turkish lira

Sauran amfani 

Abubuwan da suka shafi kuɗin banki na farko a yankunan Faransanci na Kanada an sanya su a cikin piastres, kuma kalmar ta ci gaba da amfani da ita na ɗan lokaci a matsayin dalar Kanada . Misali, ainihin asalin Faransanci na Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Kanada na 1867 yana nufin abin da ake bukata cewa 'yan majalisar dattijai su rike dukiya d'une valeur de quatre mille piastres .

Har yanzu ana amfani da kalmar ba tare da izini ba a cikin Quebec, Acadian, Franco-Manitoban, da Franco-Ontarian harshe a matsayin dalar Kanada, kamar yadda masu magana da Ingilishi ke cewa "kusas." (Kalmar hukuma ta Faransa don dalar Kanada ta zamani shine dala . ) Idan aka yi amfani da shi ta hanyar baki ɗaya, ana yawan furta kalmar kuma a rubuta "piasse" (pl. "piasses"). Ya yi daidai da 6 New France livres ko 120 sous, kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na "30 sous", wanda kuma har yanzu ana amfani da shi lokacin da ake magana akan cents 25.

Piastre kuma shine ainihin kalmar Faransanci don dalar Amurka, wanda aka yi amfani da shi misali a cikin rubutun Faransanci na Siyan Louisiana . Kiran dalar Amurka piastre har yanzu ya zama ruwan dare tsakanin masu magana da Cajun Faransanci da Faransanci na New England . Faransanci na zamani yana amfani da dala don wannan rukunin kuɗin kuma. Har ila yau ana amfani da kalmar a matsayin dalar Amurka a cikin tsibirin Caribbean na Faransanci, musamman Haiti .

Piastre wani suna ne na kuruş ,  Lira na Turkiyya .

Har yanzu ana amfani da piastre a Mauritius lokacin da ake yin siyar da siyar da gwanjo, kamar yadda ake amfani da ginea a gwanjon dokin tsere na Burtaniya. Ya yi daidai da 2 Mauritius rupee.

An ambaci "Piaster" a cikin waƙar Steely Dan Dr. Wu: "Kun shiga kuma rayuwata ta sake farawa daidai lokacin da na kashe pister na ƙarshe da zan iya aro"

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