mikâp

Turkish

Alternative forms

• mikâb

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مكعب, from Arabic مُكَعَّب (mukaʕʕab).

Adjective

mikâp

1. (mathematics, geometry, archaic) cubic
   • 1934 July 31, “Stratosferik balonu”, in Türk Sözü‎^[1], page 1:

     Dün buradan havalanmış olan Stratosferik balon dünyanın en büyük balonudur. 85000 metre mikâbi hacmindedir. Safra olarak 2700 kilo saçma taşımaktadır.

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Noun

mikâp (definite accusative mikâbı, plural mikâplar)

1. (archaic) cube

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mikâp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مكعب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1975
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN