Measurements of Time
| ehn | Similar to an Urth minute. consisting of 80 ihn, there are 40 ehn in an ahn. |
| hand | The Gorean week, consisting of five Urth days. |
| ihn | The Gorean second, of which there are 80 in an ehn (minute). |
| passage hand | The 5-day period between Gorean months, which consist of 5 5-day weeks. |
| tenth ahn | The tenth 'hour', the Gorean noon. |
| twentieth ahn | The twentieth 'hour', the Gorean midnight. |
| waiting hand | The 5-day period between the 12th Passage Hand and the beginning of the new near, which begins on the vernal equinox. |
Solid/Liquid/Distance Measurements
| ah-il | A unit of measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, c. 18 inches, analoguous to the Urth cubit; 10 ah-il equal one ah-ral. |
| ah-ral | A unit of measure equalling 10 ah-il, or approx. 180 Urth inches. |
| foot | A unit of measurement equal to 10 horts, or 12 and 1/2 Urth inches. |
| hort | A measure of distance equal to 1 and 1/4 inches. |
| huda | A unit of measure equalling 5 tefa. |
| pasang | A measure of distance equalling 7/10 of a mile. |
| stone | A unit of measurement equal to 4 Urth pounds. |
| talu | A unit a measure equalling 2 gallons. |
| tef | A unit of measure, consisting of a handful of whatever produce (such as dates) is being weighed; 6 tefs equal one tefa. |
| tefa | 1) a unit of measure equalling 6 tefs, or handfuls; 5 tefas equal 1 huda; 2) a small basket. |
| weight | A unit of measurement equal to 10 Stone, or 40 Urth pounds. |
Measurements of Currency
| tarn disk, copper | A unit of currency on Gor. |
| tarn disk, gold | A unit of currency of the highest value on Gor; also made in double-weight. Many cities on Gor mint their own money, but the gold tarn disk of Ar is the standard for most of Gor. |
| tarsk | A copper coin that is the whole coin of least value, equalling 10 tarsk bits. |
| tarsk, silver | A coin worth 100 copper tarsks. |
| tarsk bit | A copper coin worth from 1/10 to 1/4 of a copper tarsk, depending on the city which mints the coin. |
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