eşkâl
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اشكال (eşkāl, “shapes, forms; figures; kinds”),[1][2] from Arabic أَشْكَال (ʔaškāl), plural of شَكْل (šakl, “likeness, model, pattern, shape, figure”), verbal noun of شَكَلَ (šakala).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eşkâl pl (definite accusative eşkâli)
- (archaic) plural of şekil; shapes, figures
- (archaic) attire, outfit
- (chiefly in the context of a suspect's description) Outer appearance, facial and bodily features.
- (slang, by extension from the former) Someone who looks like a criminal, may be inclined to become one; a mug, or a suspicious-looking person.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | eşkâl | |
| Definite accusative | eşkâli | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | eşkâl | — |
| Definite accusative | eşkâli | — |
| Dative | eşkâle | — |
| Locative | eşkâlde | — |
| Ablative | eşkâlden | — |
| Genitive | eşkâlin | — |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشكال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 122
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اشكال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 98
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eşkâl”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “eşkâl”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eşkâl”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1501
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