mesela

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مثلا (mesela), derived from Arabic مَثَلاً (maṯalan, “for example”), adverbial accusative of مَثَل (maṯal, “example”). The form in /aː/ represents the Arabic pausal pronunciation (as also in evvela or mutlaka). By surface analysis, mesel (“example”) +‎ -a (adverbial suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /me.se.laː/ === Adverb === mesela for example ==== Synonyms ==== örneğin === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mesela”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مثلا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1742