məcazi

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		мәҹази
Abjad		مجازی

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَجَازِيّ (majāziyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mæd͡ʒɑːˈzi], [mæd͡zɑːˈzi]
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Hyphenation: mə‧ca‧zi

Adjective

məcazi

figurative, metaphorical
məcazi məna ― figurative meaning

məcazi mənada ― figuratively speaking (literally, “in a figurative sense”)

Abbreviations

məc.

Derived terms

məcazilik (“metaphoricity”)

References

Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “məcazi”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), volume III, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 313b

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