oitava, a traditional unit of dry volume, equivalent to 1.6–2.4 litres in different 19th-century contexts · oitava, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 3.6 g · octave (an interval of twelve semitones)
çekim: çoğul oitavas
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese oitavo, from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”), q.v. As units of measure, named in reference to making up one-eighth of the alqueire (Portuguese bushel) or onça (Portuguese ounce). Cognate with Spanish ochava, Catalan octava, and Galician oitava.