مثال

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ث ل (m-ṯ-l); compare مَثَلَ (maṯala, to resemble, to signify).

Noun

مِثَال (miṯāl) m (plural أَمْثِلَة (ʾamṯila) or مُثُل (muṯul) or مُثْل (muṯl))

  1. verbal noun of مَاثَلَ (māṯala) (form III)
  2. resemblance, anything equal or similar
  3. image, type, model, example, specimen
  4. pattern, standard
  5. form, formula, formulary
  6. simile, allegory, parable, fable, tale
  7. vision in a dream
  8. manner, method
  9. definite quantity
  10. order, command, written order
  11. retaliation
  12. (grammar) assimilated verb (beginning with و (w) or ي (y))
  13. bed, carpet

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), مثال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), مثل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Baluchi

Noun

مثال (misál)

  1. example

See also


Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِثَال (miṯāl)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈθaːl/
  • IPA(key): /miˈsaːl/ (speakers with full /θ/ and /s/ merger)

Noun

مِثَال • (miṯāl) m

(plural أَمْثِلَة ‎(ʼamṯila))
  1. example, model, specimen

See also


Persian

Noun

مثال (mesâl) (plural مثال‌ها (mesâl-hâ))

  1. example
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