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Turkish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /eʃˈcal/, (definite accusative) /eʃ.caːˈli/
- Hyphenation: eş‧kâl
Noun
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
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشكال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 122
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اشكال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 98
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eşkâl”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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