emsal
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish امثال (emsal), plural of مثل (mesel), from Arabic مَثَل (maṯal). Formally, the Arabic plural of mesel.
Noun
emsal (definite accusative emsali, plural emsaller)
- similar things, equals
- precedents
- (mathematics) coefficient
- Synonym: katsayı
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “emsal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “امثال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 197
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN