# Som (currency)

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Currency used in Central Asia

5000 kyrgyz som

The **som**, **sum**, or **soum** is a unit of currency used in [Turkic](/source/Turkic_languages)-speaking countries in [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia). Its name comes from words in the respective languages (including [Kazakh](/source/Kazakh_language), [Kyrgyz](/source/Kyrgyz_language), [Uyghur](/source/Uyghur_language) and [Uzbek](/source/Uzbek_language)) for "pure", referring to historical coins of pure [gold](/source/Gold). It may refer to:

- [Kyrgyzstani som](/source/Kyrgyzstani_som)

- [Uzbekistani soʻm](/source/Uzbekistani_so%CA%BBm)

Speakers of Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek in the then [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) called the [ruble](/source/Soviet_ruble) by these names, and were accommodated by the word appearing on the backs of [banknotes](/source/Banknote). The [som](/source/Kyrgyzstani_som) of [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan) and [som](/source/Uzbekistani_som) of [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan) are post-Soviet examples.[1]

500 uzbek som

## In the Golden Horde

In the 14th century the [Golden Horde](/source/Golden_Horde) som called silver bullion navicular shape[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*], weighing 204.8 g (in Russian numismatic literature, they are also called Tatar hryvnya). In treasures, archeologists find them together with silver dirhams. Florentine [Francesco Pegolotti](/source/Francesco_Pegolotti) wrote that the mint in Azak could stamp a bar in the "walking" coin.[2]

## References

- [Money portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Money)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *Этимологический словарь тюркских языков. Общетюркские и межтюркские основы на буквы "Л", "М", "Н", "П", "С"*. Москва: Восточная литература РАН. pp. 325–327.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Платежные_слитки_гривны_в_денежном_обращении_2-0)** Шталенков И. ["Платежные слитки гривны в денежном обращении"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060825193018/http://www.nbrb.by/bv/narch/333/7.pdf) (PDF). Банковский вестник. Archived from the original on August 25, 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

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