استعاره

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعَارَة (istiʕāra).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? isti'āra
Dari reading? iste'āra
Iranian reading? este'âre
Tajik reading? isteʾora

Noun

استعاره (este'âre) (plural استعاره‌ها (este'âre-hâ) or استعارات (este'ârât))

  1. metaphor
  2. (archaic) borrowing

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