مایاسیل

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

A corruption of Arabic بَواسِير (bawāsīr), the plural of بَاسُور (bāsūr, “hæmorrhoid”), imagining Arabic مَا يَسِيلُ (mā yasīlu, “what flows”).

Noun

مایاسیل • (mayasıl) (definite accusative مایاسیلی (mayasılı), plural مایاسیللر (mayasıllar))

  1. hemorrhoids, piles, an engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by itching and pain
    Synonym: باسور (basur)
  2. eczema, dermatitis, a non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itchiness and a rash

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: mayasıl, mayasır, mayasur (dialectal)
  • → Albanian: majasëll
  • → Armenian: մայասըլ (mayasəl), մայասիլ (mayasil), մայասուլ (mayasul)
  • → Bulgarian: маяси́л (majasíl)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mayasıl
  • → Macedonian: мајасил (majasil)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: маја̀сӣл
    Latin script: majàsīl

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