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

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