Where does “مجاز” come from?

مجاز (Arabic) comes from Arabic جَازَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

مجاز (Arabic): passing, passing by

Definitions

  1. passing, passing by

Ancestry of “مجاز”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَازَto pass, pass by; to pass by; to pass through
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “مجاز”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →