istiare

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استعاره (istiʿāre, “an asking for a loan, for the temporary use of a thing, a using (a word) tropically, metaphorically, a trope, metaphor”), from Arabic اِسْتِعَارَة (istiʕāra, “metaphor”), verbal noun of اِسْتَعَارَ (istaʕāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.ti.aːˈɾe/
• Hyphenation: is‧ti‧a‧re

Noun

istiare (definite accusative istiareyi, plural istiareler)

1. An act of borrowing, taking something as a loan.

   Synonyms: ödünç alma, ödünçleme

2. (literature, dated) Using a word or a phrase instead of something else in comparison or similitude; a metaphor.

   Synonyms: eğretileme, metafor

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	istiare
Definite accusative	istiareyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	istiare	istiareler
Definite accusative	istiareyi	istiareleri
Dative	istiareye	istiarelere
Locative	istiarede	istiarelerde
Ablative	istiareden	istiarelerden
Genitive	istiarenin	istiarelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular istiarem istiarelerim 2nd singular istiaren istiarelerin 3rd singular istiaresi istiareleri 1st plural istiaremiz istiarelerimiz 2nd plural istiareniz istiareleriniz 3rd plural istiareleri istiareleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular istiaremi istiarelerimi 2nd singular istiareni istiarelerini 3rd singular istiaresini istiarelerini 1st plural istiaremizi istiarelerimizi 2nd plural istiarenizi istiarelerinizi 3rd plural istiarelerini istiarelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular istiareme istiarelerime 2nd singular istiarene istiarelerine 3rd singular istiaresine istiarelerine 1st plural istiaremize istiarelerimize 2nd plural istiarenize istiarelerinize 3rd plural istiarelerine istiarelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular istiaremde istiarelerimde 2nd singular istiarende istiarelerinde 3rd singular istiaresinde istiarelerinde 1st plural istiaremizde istiarelerimizde 2nd plural istiarenizde istiarelerinizde 3rd plural istiarelerinde istiarelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular istiaremden istiarelerimden 2nd singular istiarenden istiarelerinden 3rd singular istiaresinden istiarelerinden 1st plural istiaremizden istiarelerimizden 2nd plural istiarenizden istiarelerinizden 3rd plural istiarelerinden istiarelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular istiaremin istiarelerimin 2nd singular istiarenin istiarelerinin 3rd singular istiaresinin istiarelerinin 1st plural istiaremizin istiarelerimizin 2nd plural istiarenizin istiarelerinizin 3rd plural istiarelerinin istiarelerinin

Derived terms

• temsilî istiare

 

Related terms

• kinaye
• temsil
• teşbih

 

Further reading

• “istiare”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “istiare”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2229