كِنَايَةٌ
Root: كنى
Full Definition
كِنَايَةٌ
A metonymy: see تَعْرِيضٌ; where the difference between these two words is explained.
2 Also, An allusion.
3 Also, and , accord. to De Sacy, in his Ar. Gr. i. 455, or مُكَنٍّ , for I find its plural written in a copy of the S مُكَنِّيَات, A pronoun; see كَنَى.
2 Also, An allusion.
3 Also, and , accord. to De Sacy, in his Ar. Gr. i. 455, or مُكَنٍّ , for I find its plural written in a copy of the S مُكَنِّيَات, A pronoun; see كَنَى.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more