Переведите на : the tenge is the currency of kazakhstan.it is divided into 100 tiin.it was introdused on 15 november 1993 to replace the soviet ruble at a rate of 1 tenge=500 rubles. the word tenge in the kazakh and most other turkic languages means a set of scales(cf the old uzbek tenga or the tajik borrowed term tenga).the origin of the word is the turkic ten-which means being equal,belence.the name of this currency is thus similar to the lira,pound and peso.the name of the currency is related to the rassian word for money russian: which was borrowed from turkic.