mesele

From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.

mesele

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

mesele (plural meseles)

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

• “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

mesele

1. problem, difficulty
2. case

From Ottoman Turkish مسئله‎ (mes'ele), from Arabic مَسْأَلَة‎ (masʔala).

• IPA^(key): /me.se.le/

mesele (definite accusative meseleyi, plural meseleler or (dated) mesail)

1. matter (an affair, condition, or subject)
2. issue, problem

   Synonyms: sorun, problem

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mesele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْأَلَة‎ (masʔala).

mesele (definite accusative meseläni, plural meseleler)

1. question
2. problem

• mesele at webonary.org