eşkâl

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اشكال (eşkāl, “shapes, forms; figures; kinds”),[1][2] from Arabic أَشْكَال (ʔaškāl), plural of شَكْل (šakl, “likeness, model, pattern, shape, figure”), verbal noun of شَكَلَ (šakala).[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eʃˈcal/, (definite accusative) /eʃ.caːˈli/
  • Hyphenation: eş‧kâl

Noun[edit]

eşkâl pl (definite accusative eşkâli)

  1. (archaic) plural of şekil; shapes, figures
  2. (archaic) attire, outfit
  3. (chiefly in the context of a suspect's description) Outer appearance, facial and bodily features.
  4. (slang, by extension from the former) Someone who looks like a criminal, may be inclined to become one; a mug, or a suspicious-looking person.

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative eşkâl
Definite accusative eşkâli
Singular Plural
Nominative eşkâl —
Definite accusative eşkâli —
Dative eşkâle —
Locative eşkâlde —
Ablative eşkâlden —
Genitive eşkâlin —

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشكال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 122
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اشكال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 98
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eşkâl”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading[edit]

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