add. ·noun a gold coin of turkey equal to one hundred piastres ($4.396 or 18s. /d.); a lira, or turkish pound.
2. medjidieh ·add. ·noun a silver coin of turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents).
3. medjidieh ·add. ·noun a turkish honorary order established in 1851 by abdul-mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. it is often conferred on foreigners.