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

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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