emsal
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish امثال (emsal), plural of مثل (mesel), from Arabic مَثَل (maṯal). Formally, the Arabic plural of mesel.
Noun edit
emsal (definite accusative emsali, plural emsaller)
- similar things, equals
- precedents
- (mathematics) coefficient
- Synonym: katsayı
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “emsal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امثال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 197
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN