Arabic edit

Root
ع ي ر (ʕ-y-r)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /miʕ.jaːr/
  • (file)

Noun edit

مِعْيَار (miʕyārm (plural مَعَايِير (maʕāyīr))

  1. standard measure, standard, gauge (of measures and weights)
  2. norm
  3. standard
    • 2020 April 19, “السلطات تضع معايير صارمة لتفادي التلاعب في صناعة الكمامات”, in Hespress[1], archived from the original on 4 October 2022:
      وَٱلْهَدَفُ ٱلْمُتَوَخَّى هُوَ تَزْوِيدُ ٱلْمُوَاطِنِينَ بِكَمَّامَاتٍ تَسْتَجِيبُ لِكَافَّةِ مَعَايِيرِ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ، وَتَسْمَحُ بِٱلْحَدِّ مِنِ ٱنْتِقَالِ ٱلْفَيْرُوسِ قَدْرَ ٱلْإِمْكَانِ.
      wa-l-hadafu l-mutawaḵḵā huwa tazwīdu l-muwāṭinīna bi-kammāmātin tastajību likāffati maʕāyīri s-salāmati, wa-tasmaḥu bi-l-ḥaddi mini ntiqāli l-fayrūsi qadra l-ʔimkāni.
      And the intended goal is to provide the citizens with masks that respect all safety standards and help stop the spread of the virus to the fullest extent possible.
  4. criterion, measure

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: meyar
  • Ottoman Turkish: معیار (miyar)
  • Persian: معیار