asper

[Origin 1580-90, from Italian 'aspro', white (probably referring to the whiteness of new silver coins)]

n.
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

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[from Latin 'asper', rough]

adj.
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.

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[from Latin 'spiritus asper', rough breathing]

n.
The rough breathing; a mark placed over an initial vowel sound or over [rho] to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it.