emsal
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish امثال (emsal), plural of مثل (mesel), from Arabic مَثَل (maṯal). Formally, the Arabic plural of mesel.
Noun
editemsal (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