miyar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish معیار, from Arabic مِعْيَار (miʕyār).

Noun

miyar (definite accusative miyarı, plural miyarlar) (obsolete)

1. standard, measure; measuring instrument

   Synonym: standart

2. (chemistry) reagent

   Synonym: reaktif

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معیار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1197
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “miyar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معیار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1917
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN