• Source: Romanian units of measurement

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), 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.




Length


Palmă (palm) - 1/8 of a stânjen
Stânjen - 2 m (approximately)
Palmac - 3.48 cm (Moldavia)
Poștă - 8–20 km (depending on the country)
Pas mic (small step) - 4 palme (Wallachia) (palme is the plural noun for palmă)
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 (stânjeni is the plural noun for stânjen)
Verstă – 1067 m (3,500 ft)
Picior (foot) – 1/6 of a stânjen




Volume


Note: the "quarts" in this table are imperial quarts, not US quarts. Similarly for gallons.




Weight






Area






See also


Historical weights and measures
SI
Weights and measures




= Notes

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Iugăr – the area ploughed in one day by two oxen – 7166 m2 (Transylvania in 1517); 5,700 m² (in other states)
Stânjen pătrat – Embracing square




References



Nicolae, Stoicescu: Cum măsurau strămoşii, metrologia medievală pe teritoriul româniei, Editura Ştiinţifică, București, 1971.

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