How to say "measure, measurement" in Arabic

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Meaningmeasure, measurement

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

قِيَاس

qiyāsקיאס

قياس

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מדידה

medidaمِدِيدَا

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ق-ي-س

Beyond rulers: qiyās is also the standard term for analogical reasoning in Islamic jurisprudence — 'measuring' a new legal case against a known one.

وَحْدَة قِيَاس

waḥdat qiyāsוחדת קיאס

a unit of measurement