Myanmar kyat

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The kyat (US: or ; Burmese: ကျပ် [tɕɛʔ] or [tɕaʔ]; ISO 4217 code MMK) is the currency of Myanmar (Burma). The typical notation for the kyat is "K" (singular) and "Ks." (plural), placed before the numerals followed by "/-". Amounts less than K. 1/- are typically denoted with the number of pyas following "-/" (e.g. -/50 denotes half a kyat). The term kyat derives from the Burmese unit kyattha (Burmese: ကျပ်သား), equal to about 16 grams (1⁄2 troy oz) of silver. Etymologically, kyat originally means 'to be tight, to be stiff,' cognate with Old Chinese 狹 (*N-kˤ<r>ep; to be narrow) and 夾 (*kˤ<r>ep, to clamp, to place between), perhaps may be referring to the minting process of pressing coins.

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