Arabic

Noun

مِثَال • ‎(miṯāl) m ‎(plural أَمْثِلَة ‎(ʾamṯila) or مُثُل ‎(muṯul) or مُثْل ‎(muṯl))

1. verbal noun of مَاثَلَ ‎(māṯala) (form III)
2. resemblance, anything equal or similar
3. image, type, model, example, specimen
4. pattern, standard
5. form, formula, formulary
6. simile, allegory, [[parable], fable, tale
7. vision in a dream
8. manner, method
9. definite quantity
10. order, command, written order
11. retaliation
12. (grammar) assimilated verb (beginning with و ‎(w) or ي ‎(y))
13. bed, carpet

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مثال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “مثل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِثَال ‎(miṯāl)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈθaːl/
• IPA^(key): /miˈsaːl/ (speakers with full /θ/ and /s/ merger)

Noun

مِثَال • ‎(miṯāl) m (plural أَمْثِلَة ‎(ʼamṯila))

1. example, model, specimen

See also

• مَثَل ‎(maṯal, “proverb, saying”)

Baluchi

Noun

مثال • ‎(misál)

1. example

See also

• نمونہ ‎(namuna)

Persian

Noun

مثال • ‎(mesâl) ‎(plural مثال‌ها ‎(mesâl-hâ))

1. example