mikyas

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مقیاس, from Arabic مِقْيَاس (miqyās). Compare Azerbaijani miqyas.

Noun

mikyas (definite accusative mikyası, plural mikyaslar)

1. (dated) scale for measuring length; measuring instrument
2. (dated) measure, proportion
3. (historical) nilometer

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mikyas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مقیاس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1950
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 776