In Burma, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of mass, approximately 16.33 grams.¹ Also called a kyat. It may be significant that eleven years earlier the 1955 United Nations’ report² said the tical was 16.239 grams.)
1. United Nations 1966.
2. United Nations 1955.
In Thailand, another name for the unit of mass called a baht.
Chaney (1911), page 491.
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