istiare
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish استعاره (istiʿāre),[1] from Arabic اِسْتِعَارَة (istiʕāra).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editistiare (definite accusative istiareyi, plural istiareler)
- An act of borrowing, taking something as a loan.
- Synonyms: ödünç alma, ödünçleme
- (literature, dated) Using a word or a phrase instead of something else in comparison or similitude; a metaphor.
- Synonyms: eğretileme, metafor
Declension
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editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استعاره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 99
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istiare”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “istiare”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “istiare”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2229