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Zarcharak ذرع و چارک

A zarcharak is a zar and a quarter: a small rug about 1.3 m long, conventionally about 80 by 130 cm. Charak means a quarter, here a quarter of a zar.

Also Zarr Charak · Zar-o-Charak · zar and a quarter

See also Zar, Zar-o-nim, Poshti

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