mihenk
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Turkish[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish مهنك (mehenk), itself a vulgarized form of Arabic مِحَكّ (miḥakk, “touchstone”).
Noun[edit]
mihenk (definite accusative mihenği, plural mihenkler)
- touchstone, a stone used to check the quality of gold alloys
- Synonym: denek taşı
- criterion, a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged
- Synonym: ölçüt
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Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mihenk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3216
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mihenk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük