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)

  1. similar things, equals
  2. precedents
  3. (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
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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