Where does “mecaz” come from?

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

mecaz (Turkish): metaphor

Definitions

  1. metaphor

Ancestry of “mecaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمجاز—
2Arabicمجازpassing, passing by
3Arabicجَازَto pass, pass by; to pass by; to pass through
4Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
5PersianیاAPI •; or; either
6Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →