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مِعْيار
standard /miʕˈjaːr/
nounB2#3985 most common
Also: criterion, benchmark, gauge
Example sentences
هذا مِعْيار جيد.
This is a good standard.
ما هو مِعْيار النجاح؟
What is the standard for success?
يجب أن يكون لدينا مِعْيار واضح لتقييم الموظفين.
We must have a clear standard for evaluating employees.
تختلف مَعايير الجودة من بلد إلى آخر.
Quality standards differ from one country to another.
لا يمكن الحكم على نجاح المشروع دون تحديد مَعايير واضحة للأداء.
A project's success cannot be judged without setting clear performance criteria.
إن غياب مِعْيار موضوعي لقياس التقدم الاقتصادي يجعل المقارنات بين الدول عرضة للتحيز.
The absence of an objective standard for measuring economic progress leaves comparisons between countries open to bias.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِعْيارٌ | مَعاييرُ |
| Genitive | مِعْيارٍ | مَعاييرَ |
| Accusative | مِعْياراً | مَعاييرَ |
| Vocative | يا مِعْيارُ | يا مَعاييرُ |
Word family
عيارcaliber, karat, gauge
عايَرto calibrate, to gauge against a standard
معايرةcalibration, titration
معاييرstandards, criteria (plural)
معياريstandard, normative
Etymology
مِعْيار comes from the Arabic root ع-ي-ر, the same root behind عيار (ʿiyār), a term long used for the purity grade of a coin or the caliber of a weapon. The مِفْعال (mifʿāl) pattern marks a noun of instrument or means, so مِعْيار originally named the tool used to gauge or check something against a fixed measure. Over time its sense broadened from a physical gauge to an abstract standard or criterion. Arabic is a Semitic language, so no Indo-European root underlies this word.
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