Hyphenation
meas·ure offTurkish pronunciation
mejır ôfPronunciation
/ˈmeᴢʜər ˈôf/ /ˈmɛʒɜr ˈɔːf/
Etymology
[ 'me-zh&r, 'mA- ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English mesure, from Old French, from Latin mensura, from mensus, past participle of metiri to measure; akin to Old English m[AE]th measure, Greek metron.