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