masal

masal

1. deer

• Sischo H., Guillermo (2015) Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena, editor, Vocabulario del náhuatl de Michoacán‎^[1] (in Spanish), draft edition

From Ottoman Turkish مثل (mesel), from Arabic مَثَل (maṯal). Doublet of masal and metel; in Ottoman times this pronunciation became associated with less believable stories.

• IPA^(key): /mɑsɑɫ/
• Hyphenation: ma‧sal

masal (definite accusative masalı, plural masallar)

1. fairy tale

   bu masalda hiç iyi karakter yok ― there aren't any good characters in this fairy tale

2. dream come true

   bizim otelde masal gibi bir aile tatilinin tadını çıkarın ― at our hotel you'll enjoy a family vacation like a dream come true

3. (colloquial) nonsense story; bunch of baloney

• (fairy tale): peri masalı
• (nonsense): saçmalık

• mesel

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “masal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مثل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1742