میسر

See also: ميسر

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Noun

میسر (mîsr)

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic مُيَسَّر (muyassar).

Adjective

میسر • (müyesser)

  1. granted by God
  2. obtained easily; facilitated
Descendants
  • Turkish: müyesser

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَيْسِر (maysir, “gambling”).

Noun

میسر • (meysir) (definite accusative میسری (meysiri), plural میسرلر (meysirler))

  1. gambling, an activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance
    Synonym: قمار (kumar)
  2. maysir, a game of chance of drawing lots from arrows with typically seven participants for the shares in an allotted prize
Descendants
  • Turkish: meysir

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُيَسَّر (muyassar).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? muyassar
Dari reading? muyassar
Iranian reading? moyassar
Tajik reading? muyassar

Adjective

میسر • (moyassar)

  1. possible; feasible; procurable, available
    Synonym: ممکن (momken)
    نابرده رنج گنج میسر نمی‌شود.
    nâborde ranj ganj moyassar ne-mi-šavad.
    No pain, no gain.
    (literally, “Without undergoing pain, treasure cannot become available. (a proverb)”)
  2. easy
    Synonym: آسان (âsân)

Derived terms

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