asper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey

WordNet

As"per adjective
Etymology
OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. âpre, fr. L. asper rough.
Definitions
  1. Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. Archaic "An asper sound." Bacon.
As"per noun
Etymology
L. spiritus asper rough breathing.
Definitions
  1. (Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark (#) placed over an initial vowel sound or over to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus hws, pronounced hs, hrj'twr, pronounced hra''tr.
As"per noun
Etymology
F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. , , white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins).
Definitions
  1. A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

Webster 1913