Dozen (tużżana)
A count of 12 items. For example, a dozen eggs means 12 eggs, regardless of the size or weight of each egg. It is not a weight measurement.
Convert with this measure ↗Everyday use
A count of 12 items. For example, a dozen eggs means 12 eggs, regardless of the size or weight of each egg. It is not a weight measurement.
A tużżana is 12 items, half a dozen is 6, and a par is 2. These express a count, not weight, length or volume.
Alternative names
tuzzanatużżanidozen
Relationships between measures
1 dozen = 12 items = 6 pairs.
Variations & cautions
Exact count, independent of the commodity
For example, two dozen eggs means 24 eggs. Counting relationships are exact but do not determine the items’ weight. A fractional result represents a proportion of a count; physical items may be indivisible.
For example, two dozen eggs means 24 eggs. Counting relationships are exact but do not determine the items’ weight. A fractional result represents a proportion of a count; physical items may be indivisible.
Worked conversions
- 1 × Dozen (tużżana)= 12 items
- 2 × Dozen (tużżana)= 24 items
- 10 × Dozen (tużżana)= 120 items
Amount × items per group = number of items. The relationship is exact.
A dozen, one by one.
For example, two dozen eggs means 24 eggs. Counting relationships are exact but do not determine the items’ weight. A fractional result represents a proportion of a count; physical items may be indivisible.
- Dozen (tużżana)
- = 12 items
- Half dozen (nofs tużżana)
- = 6 items
- Pair (par)
- = 2 items
Sources & method
- Wiktionary — tużżana ↗
Lexical definition of tużżana as a dozen. Explanations here are original.
- Thomas Stolz — Maltese linguistics presentation, slide 17 ↗
A Maltese example of nofs tużżana translated as half a dozen, PDF p. 17.
- Wiktionary — par (Maltese) ↗
The Maltese count noun par: two items together.