miyar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish معیار‎, from Arabic مِعْيَار‎ (miʿyār).

Noun

miyar (definite accusative miyarı, plural miyarlar)

standard, measure; measuring instrument
(chemistry) reagent

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
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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