mihenk

Senso (Inglese)

1. touchstone, a stone used to check the quality of gold alloys
2. criterion, a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged

Traduzioni

Prüfstein

pierre de touche

mîheng

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da turco ottomano: مهنك

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish مهنك (mehenk), itself a vulgarized form of Arabic مِحَكّ (miḥakk, “touchstone”).