emsal

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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)

  1. similar things, equals
  2. precedents
  3. (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
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