masal

Meaning

fairy tale
dream come true
(colloquial) nonsense story; bunch of baloney

fairy tale

martaval

yalansız hikaye

hayal ürünü roman

hayal ürünü şey

hıkâye

παραμύθι

conte de fades

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɑsɑɫ/

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish

مثل

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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