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Arabic
Etymology
Probably a shift from ق و س (q-w-s), forms derived from قَوْس (qaws, “bow”), which provided the ancients various opportunities to measure themselves.
Root
ق ي س • (q y s)
- related to measuring
Derived terms
- قِيَاس (qiyās, “measuring, measurement; analogy”, noun)
- قَيَّاس (qayyās)
- مَقَاس (maqās, “size (of clothes, etc)”, noun)
- مِقْياس (miqyās, “a standard”, noun)
- قِيَاسِيّ (qiyāsiyy, “standard; of acknowledged quality”, adjective)