teşbih
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تشبیه (teşbih, “a likening, comparing”),[1] from Arabic تَشْبِيه (tašbīh, “simile”), verbal noun of شَبَّهَ (šabbaha).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teşbih (definite accusative teşbihi, plural teşbihler)
- (literature) A simile, parabole, comparison.
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References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تشبیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 549
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teşbih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “teşbih”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “teşbih”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4772