mütenasip
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish متساسب (mütenasib), from Arabic مُتَنَاسِب (mutanāsib), active participle of تَنَاسَبَ (tanāsaba).
Adjective
mütenasip (archaic)
- proportional
- symmetric
- well-proportioned
- 1939 September 23, Aydın page 2, from a list of things women should not do while pregnant:
- […] modaya uyacağım diye vücudumun mütenasip olduğunu göstereceğim diye mevsimsiz ince dekolte ile gezmek […]
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- 1939 September 23, Aydın page 2, from a list of things women should not do while pregnant:
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مسناسب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1116
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mütenasip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “متساسب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1728
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 849
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