مجاز

See also: محار‎

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place and verbal noun from the verb جَازَ‎ (jāza, “to pass, pass by”), from the root ج و ز‎ (j-w-z).

Noun

مَجَاز • (majāz) m

  1. verbal noun of جَازَ‎ (jāza) (form I)
  2. passing, passing by
  3. passage, road
    ‏مَجَاز الزُّقَاق‎‎
    majāz az-zuqāq
    Strait of Gibraltar
  4. metaphor, allegory, figurative speech

Declension

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: majas

References

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