مجاز

See also: محار‎

Arabic

Root
ج و ز‎ (j-w-z)

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).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʒaːz/
Rhymes: -aːz

Noun

مَجَاز • (majāz) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun مَجَاز‎ (majāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجَاز‎ majāz	الْمَجَاز‎ al-majāz	مَجَاز‎ majāz
Nominative	مَجَازٌ‎ majāzun	الْمَجَازُ‎ al-majāzu	مَجَازُ‎ majāzu
Accusative	مَجَازًا‎ majāzan	الْمَجَازَ‎ al-majāza	مَجَازَ‎ majāza
Genitive	مَجَازٍ‎ majāzin	الْمَجَازِ‎ al-majāzi	مَجَازِ‎ majāzi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: məcaz
→ Northern Kurdish: mecaz
→ Persian: مجاز‎
→ Ottoman Turkish: مجاز‎‎ (mecaz)
- → Turkish: mecaz
- → Crimean Tatar: mecaz
→ Indonesian: majas

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مجاز”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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