masal

(Inglese)

  1. fairy tale
  2. dream come true
  3. (colloquial) nonsense story; bunch of baloney

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/mɑsɑɫ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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

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