mikyas
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مقیاس, from Arabic مِقْيَاس (miqyās). Compare Azerbaijani miqyas.
Noun
mikyas (definite accusative mikyası, plural mikyaslar)
- (dated) scale for measuring length; measuring instrument
- (dated) measure, proportion
- (historical) nilometer
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mikyas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مقیاس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1950
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN