miskal

miskal (plural miskals)

1. Alternative spelling of mithqal.

• Lakism, likams, maliks, maskil

Inherited from Malay miskal, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight, unit of weight”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmiskal/ [ˈmis.kal]
• Rhymes: -iskal
• Syllabification: mis‧kal

miskal (plural miskal-miskal)

1. mithqal, a unit of measure for weighing gold or silver, equivalent to around 4,2 grams

• “miskal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight, unit of weight”).

miskal (Jawi spelling مثقال, uncountable)

1. mithqal, a unit of measure for weighing gold or silver, equivalent to around 4,2 grams.

• "miskal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مثقال (miskal), from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “mithqal, a unit of measure in Arabic countries”).

• IPA^(key): /misˈkaɫ/

miskal (definite accusative miskali, plural miskaller)

1. mithqal, a unit of measure for weighing gold or silver, equivalent to around 4,2 grams.

• “miskal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “miskal”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “miskal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3239