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The measures of the old Romanian system varied greatly not only between the three Romanian states (Wallachia, Moldavia, Transylvania), but sometimes also inside the same country. The origin of some of the measures are the Latin (such as iugăr unit), Slavic (such as vadră unit) and Greek (such as dram unit) and Turkish (such as palmac unit) systems.
This system is no longer in wide use since the adoption of the metric system in 1864, however some rural communities still use a small subset of these units.
[edit] Volume
- Oca - 1.5 litres (Moldavia); 1.25 litres (Wallachia)
- Litră - 1/4 oca (still used as 1/4 of a liter in some regions of Romania)
- Baniţă - 21.5 litres (Moldavia); 33.96 litres (Wallachia)
- Chiup - 30–40 litres (a chiup was a large clay pot for liquids)
- Câblă - A bucket of wheat
- Merţă - 110–120 ocale (Moldavia); 22.5 litres (Transylvania)
- Feredelă - 1/4 bucket (Transylvania)
- Obroc mare - 44 ocale
- Obroc mic - 22 ocale
- Giumătate - 80–100 vedre (poloboc)
- Vadră - 10 ocale; 12.88 litres (Wallachia); 15 litres (Moldavia) (still used as 10 liters in some regions of Romania)
- Pintă - 3.394 litres (Transylvania)
- Tină - vadră (Transylvania)
- Sau 3.22–3.80 cm3
[edit] Weight
- Falce - 14.300 m²
- Pogon - 5.000 m²
- Prăjină - 180–210 m²
- Feredelă - 1/4 pogon
- Iugăr - the area ploughed in one day by two oxen - 7166 m2 (Transylvania in 1517); 5,700 m² or 1600 square stânjeni (later)
[edit] Length
- Palmă (palm) - 1/8 of a stânjen
- Stânjen - 2 m (approximately)
- Palmac - 3.48 cm (Moldavia)
- Poştă - 8–20 km (depending on the country)
- Pas mic (small step) - 4 palme (Wallachia)
- Pas mare (large step) - 6 palme (Wallachia; Moldavia)
- Lat de palmă (palm width) - 1/2 palmă
- Cot (cubit) - 664 mm (Moldavia); 637 mm (Wallachia)
- Funie (rope) - 20–120 m (depending on the place)
- Leghe (league) - 4.444 km;
- Deget (finger) - the width of a finger
- Prăjină - 3 stânjeni
- Verstă - 1067 m (3,500 ft)
- Picior (foot) - 1/6 of a stânjen
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