mikâp
Turkish
Alternative forms
- mikâb
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مكعب, from Arabic مُكَعَّب (mukaʿʿab).
Adjective
mikâp
- (mathematics, geometry, archaic) cubic
- 1934 July 31, “Stratosferik balonu”, in Türk Sözü, page 1:
- Dün buradan havalanmış olan Stratosferik balon dünyanın en büyük balonudur. 85000 metre mikâbi hacmindedir. Safra olarak 2700 kilo saçma taşımaktadır.
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Noun
mikâp (definite accusative mikâbı, plural mikâplar)
- (archaic) cube
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mikâp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مكعب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1975
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN