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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʒaːz/
• Rhymes: -aːz

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

Declension of noun مَجَاز (majāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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^[1], London: W.H. Allen