استعاره

See also: استعارة and استعارہ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعَارَة (istiʕāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.ti.ʔɑː.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞.ʔɑː.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞.ʔɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰi.jɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.jɔː.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰe.ʔɒː.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.ʔɔ.ɾǽ]

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

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

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

1. metaphor
2. (archaic) borrowing

Related terms

• استعاری (este'âri)