Guz to Yard Converter

Guz

A guz (or gaj) is a unit of length used in parts of Asia, like India, Pakistan, Nepal, Persia etc. A guz is also called the Mughal yard as this unit of length was established in India by the Mughals. The guz is still commonly used in the Indian subcontinent. It has become the standard word in Hindi and Urdu for 'yard', although guz is slightly shoters than the yard.

In the Indian subcontinent, guz is a commonly used unit for measuring plots of land. A 100 square guz of land will be equal to 100 square yards. The guz is also used in measuring cloth. Sari, a traditional dress of Indian women, is often measured as 7 guz, 9 guz etc.

Yard

The yard (symbol: yd) is a unit of length in the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement. One yard is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959, yard has been standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile.

The yard is used as the standard unit of field-length measurement in American, Canadian and association football, cricket pitch dimensions (22yd), and in some countries, golf fairway measurements. In some parts of India, square yard is used as the unit of area - especially for plots of land. The yard, subdivided into eighths, is used for the purchase of fabrics in the United States and United Kingdom. Sometimes, the square yard (unit of area) and the cubic yard (unit of volume) are both referred to as 'yards'.

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