PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

مثل‘equal’

Arabic

References: Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 63, 64, 85, 86, 226, 237, 259, 328, 359, 378
Modern translations:
English: equal to [Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: ?]
Synonyms:
سواء[Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 12, 24, 68, 71, 98, 188]
متساوية[Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 44(2), 59, 97, 186, 302, 303, 307, 515]
مساوي[Alm. MS Tunis: ]
مساوٍ لـ...[Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 27(2), 66, 67(2), 101, 104, 106, 193, 194, 196, 211, 236, 291, 292, 293, 298, 299(2), 300, 301, 304, 306, 310, 312, 393*, 394, 412, 413, 420(2), 421(3), 422, 431, 454(2), 456(2), 457(2), 468, 469(2), 474, 475, 481, 494]